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Life expectancy at birth

Life expectancy at birth. By sex 2008
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
Men 78.6 78.3 76.1
Women 84.8 84.6 82.4
Total 81.8 81.5 79.3
Units: Years.
Source Catalonia: Idescat, Ministry of Health. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
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