Life expectancy
In terms of the Population Projection of the Federal Statistical Office:Average number of further years a person at a certain age could probably still live, according to the current mortality conditions. It is calculated by the periodic table of the Federal Statistical Office. It includes the current probabilities for single years of age, to die at the respective age. It is a hypothetical indicator, because the mortality rates can change during the course of the further lifetime. There is a distinction between the average life expectancy at birth (i.e. at the age of 0 years) and the further life expectancy, for example at the age of 60 respectively 65 years. The sum of reached age and further life expectancy respectively the total expected years of life increase with progressive age. Today a one year old child has a higher life expectance than a child that is just born, because it has overcome the risks of dying in the first months of its life. So it has higher chances to reach a higher age.
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- Average life expectancy [WHO Health Data]
- Life expectancy at the age of ... years
- Life expectancy, gain (from 1998)
- Life expectancy, gain (1980-1997)
- Population (projection) 12th coordinated population projection
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