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Life expectancy at birth

Term · Economic statistics · MLC-T-ECS-001071

The average number of years a group of people born in the same year can be expected to live if mortality at each age remains constant in the future.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ECS-001071
FieldEconomic statistics
ReferencesU.S. Census Bureau Glossary
See alsoCoale-Demeny model life tables; Crude death rate; Death rate; Life table
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ECS-001071",
  "term": "Life expectancy at birth",
  "field": "Economic statistics",
  "definition": "The average number of years a group of people born in the same year can be expected to live if mortality at each age remains constant in the future.",
  "see_also": [
    "Coale-Demeny model life tables",
    "Crude death rate",
    "Death rate",
    "Life table"
  ],
  "references": [
    "U.S. Census Bureau Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/economic-statistics/life-expectancy-at-birth/"
}

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