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Life expectancy at birth

Life expectancy at birth. By sex 2015
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
Men 80.4 80.1 77.7 (b) Break in time series
Women 85.9 85.7 83.3 (b) Break in time series
Total 83.2 83.0 80.5 (b) Break in time series
Units: Years.
Source Catalonia: Idescat, Ministry of Health. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
(b) Break in time series.
Indicador ODS Indicator 03.10 from the EU Sustainable Development Goals

Last update: September 23, 2020. Revised series on October 6, 2022.

CMORT

These statistics have a specific section with all the information available: Statistics on Cause of Death (CMORT).

Methodological note

Life expectancy at birth is defined as the mean number of years that a new-born child can expect to live if subjected throughout his life to the current mortality conditions (age specific probabilities of dying).

See also