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Life expectancy at birth. By sex Total
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
2021 83.6 (p) Provisional value 83.3 (e) Estimated value 80.1 (e) Estimated value
2020 82.4 82.4 80.4 (p) Provisional value
2019 84.0 84.0 81.3 (b) Break in time series
2018 83.6 83.5 81.0 (p) Provisional value
2017 83.5 83.4 80.9 (b) Break in time series
2016 83.6 83.5 80.9
2015 83.2 83.0 80.5 (b) Break in time series
2014 83.4 83.3 80.8 (b) Break in time series
2013 83.2 83.2 80.5
2012 82.7 82.5 80.2 (b) Break in time series
2011 82.5 82.6 80.1 (b) Break in time series
2010 82.2 82.4 79.8 (b) Break in time series
2009 82.0 81.9 79.5
2008 81.8 81.5 79.3
2007 81.4 81.1 79.1
2006 81.1 81.1 78.9
2005 80.8 80.3 78.4
2004 80.5 80.4 78.3
2003 80.3 79.7 77.7
2002 80.1 79.8 77.6
2001 79.8 79.8 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
2000 79.6 79.3 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Units: Years.
Source Catalonia: Idescat, Ministry of Health. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
(b) Break in time series.
(p) Provisional value.
(e) Estimated value.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.
Indicador ODS Indicator 03.10 from the EU Sustainable Development Goals

Last update: January 20, 2023.

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).

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