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 Life expectancy at birth (Years)
Characteristic Description
Name Life expectancy at birth (Years) by Sex; Annual
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Demographic indicators
First available period 1970
Last available period 2004
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Place of residence (Portugal)
  • Sex
Concepts
  • RESIDENT POPULATION:  The persons who regardless of the fact that at the moment of observation ' 0:00 a.m. of the reference day ' are present or absent in a given housing unit, this unit being where they live during most of the year with their family, or where they have all or most of their belongings.
  • LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH (e0):  The mean number of years that a newborn child can expect to live if subjected throughout his life to the current mortality conditions (age specific probabilities of dying).
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
  • SEX:  Biological and physiological characteristics that define men and women.
Formule Life expectancy is calculated using abridged life tables with reference period of two consecutive years, into force till 2007.
Measure unit (symbol) Year (Year)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 25/02/2008


information presented in 25/11/2024