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Life expectancy at 60. By sex

Life expectancy at 60. By sex Total
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
2021 25.6 25.6 23.1 (b) Break in time series
2020 24.5 24.7 23.3 (p) Provisional value
2019 26.1 26.2 24.2 (b) Break in time series
2018 25.7 25.8 24.0 (p) Provisional value
2017 25.6 25.7 23.9 (b) Break in time series
2016 25.8 25.8 24.0
2015 25.4 25.3 23.6 (b) Break in time series
2014 25.7 25.7 24.0 (b) Break in time series
2013 25.5 25.6 23.7
2012 25.1 25.1 23.5 (b) Break in time series
2011 25.0 25.2 23.5 (b) Break in time series
2010 24.8 25.1 23.3 (b) Break in time series
2009 24.7 24.7 23.1
2008 24.5 24.4 23.0
2007 24.2 24.1 22.8
2006 24.0 24.2 22.7
2005 23.8 23.5 22.3
2004 23.6 23.6 22.2
2003 23.4 23.1 21.7
2002 23.3 23.2 21.8
2001 23.1 23.2 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
2000 23.0 22.9 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Units: Years.
Source Catalonia: Idescat, Ministry of Health. Source Spain, European Union: Eurostat.
(b) Break in time series.
(p) Provisional value.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

Last update: September 6, 2023.

CMORT

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

Methodological note

Life expectancy at age 60 is interpreted as the mean number of years a generation of people aged 60 can expect to live if the mortality by age conditions for a specific year or period do not vary for the rest of their life. This is a synthetic indicator that includes in one single figure the mortality experience of the whole of the population for all ages.

The data for the year 2012 and beyond are taken from the life tables calculated by the Department of Health. The data for previous years are taken from the life tables drawn up by Idescat, which are calculated upon the basis of the five-year averages in which the table's reference year corresponds to the middle year of the period.