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Population Division and Statistics Division of the United Nations Secretariat.
                       Life expectancy      Infant     Child mortality rate
                       at birth (years),    mortality  Year  Male     Female
                       1995-2000            rate,
                          Male     Female   1995-2000
Afghanistan                45.0     46.0     151        ...  ...        ...
Albania                    69.9     75.9      30        ...  ...        ...
Algeria                    67.5     70.3      44        ...  ...        ...
American Samoa             68.0 a   73.0 a    11 b      ...  ...        ...
Andorra                     ...      ...       1 ee    1994  0.6 c      0.6 c       
Angola                     44.9     48.1     125        ...  ...        ...
Antigua and Barbuda         ...      ...      17 d      ...  ...        ...
Argentina                  69.6     76.8      22       1995  5.5 c      4.5 c
Armenia                    67.2     73.6      26       1992  1.3 e      1.2 e
Australia                  75.5     81.1       6       1995  0.4 f      0.3 f
Austria                    73.7     80.2       6       1996  0.3        0.2
Azerbaijan                 65.5     74.1      36        ...  ...        ...
Bahamas                    70.5     77.1      15       1994  1.4 g      0.9 g
Bahrain                    71.1     75.3      16       1995  4.4 c      4.1 c
Bangladesh                 58.1     58.2      79       1986 43.1 c     41.1 c
Barbados                   73.7     78.7      12       1988  0.5 f g    0.5 f g
Belarus                    62.2     73.9      23       1996  0.9 e      0.7 e
Belgium                    73.8     80.6       7        ...  ...        ...
Belize                     73.4     76.1      29        ...  ...        ...
Benin                      51.7     55.2      88        ...  ...        ...
Bermuda                    71.1 ii  77.8 ii    4 o      ...  ...        ... 
Bhutan                     59.5     62.0      63        ...  ...        ...
Bolivia                    59.8     63.2      66        ...  ...        ...
Bosnia and Herzegovina     70.5     75.9      15        ...  ...        ...
Botswana                   46.2     48.4      58        ...  ...        ...
Brazil                     63.1     71.0      42       1994  1.3 h      1.1 h
Brunei Darussalam          73.4     78.1      10        ...  ...        ...
Bulgaria                   67.6     74.7      17       1995  1.0        0.8
Burkina Faso               43.6     45.2      99        ...  ...        ...
Burundi                    41.0     43.8     119        ...  ...        ...
Cambodia                   51.5     55.0     103        ...  ...        ...
Cameroon                   53.4     56.0      74        ...  ...        ...
Canada                     76.1     81.8       6       1995  0.3        0.2
Cape Verde                 65.5     71.3      56       1990  3.4        3.4
Central African Rep.       42.9     46.9      98       1988 14.9       12.8
Chad                       45.7     48.7     112        ...  ...        ...
Chile                      72.3     78.3      13       1996  2.8 c      2.2 c
China i                    67.9     72.0      41        ...  ...        ...
  Hong Kong SAR            75.8     81.4       6       1996  0.2        0.2 g 
Colombia                   67.3     74.3      30       1994  4.2 f j    3.3 f j
Comoros                    57.4     60.2      76        ...  ...        ...
Congo                      48.3     50.8      90        ...  ...        ...
Cook Islands               67.0 k   73.0 k    21 jj     ...  ...        ...
Costa Rica                 74.3     78.9      12       1995  4.1 c      3.4 c       
Côte d'Ivoire              46.1     47.3      87        ...  ...        ...
Croatia                    68.8     76.5      10       1996  0.4        0.2 g
Cuba                       74.2     78.0       9       1995  0.8        0.6
Cyprus                     75.5     80.0       8       1996  1.7 c m    1.6 c m
Czech Rep.                 70.3     77.4       6       1996  0.4        0.3
Dem. Rep. of the Congo     49.2     52.3      90        ...  ...        ...
Denmark                    73.0     78.3       7       1995  0.4 n      0.2 n
Djibouti                   48.7     52.0     106        ...  ...        ...
Dominica                    ...      ...      16 o      ...  ...        ...
Dominican Republic         68.9     73.1      34        ...  ...        ...
East Timor                 46.6     48.4     135        ...  ...        ...
Ecuador                    67.3     72.5      46       1996  2.1 p      1.9 p
Egypt                      64.7     67.9      51       1990  4.3        4.7 
El Salvador                66.5     72.5      32       1992  1.4        1.3
Equatorial Guinea          48.4     51.6     108        ...  ...        ...
Eritrea                    49.3     52.4      91        ...  ...        ...
Estonia                    63.0     74.5      19       1995  1.3 e      0.8 e g
Ethiopia                   42.4     44.3     115        ...  ...        ...
Fiji                       70.6     74.9      20       1987  1.1 f      0.8 f
Finland                    72.9     80.6       6       1996  0.2 g      0.2 g 
France                     74.2     82.0       6       1993  0.4 q      0.3 q
French Guiana               ...      ...      22 r s    ...  ...        ...
French Polynesia           69.3     74.6      11        ...  ...        ...
Gabon                      51.1     53.8      87        ...  ...        ...
Gambia                     45.4     48.6     122        ...  ...        ...
Georgia                    68.5     76.8      19        ...  ...        ...
Germany                    73.9     80.2       5       1996  0.3        0.3
Ghana                      58.3     61.8      66        ...  ...        ...
Greece                     75.6     80.6       8       1995  0.2        0.2
Grenada                     ...      ...      14 o      ...  ...        ...
Guadaloupe                 73.6     80.9       9       1985  4.8 c s    4.2 c s
Guam                       72.9     77.4      10        ...  ...        ...
Guatemala                  61.4     67.2      46       1985 22.2 c     20.1 c
Guinea                     46.0     47.0     124        ...  ...        ...
Guinea-Bissau              43.5     46.4     130        ...  ...        ...
Guyana                     61.1     67.9      58        ...  ...        ...
Haiti                      51.4     56.2      68        ...  ...        ...
Honduras                   67.5     72.3      35        ...  ...        ...
Hungary                    66.8     74.9      10       1996  0.4        0.4
Iceland                    76.8     81.3       5       1996  0.1 g      0.3 g 
India                      62.3     62.9      72        ...  ...        ...
Indonesia                  63.3     67.0      48        ...  ...        ...
Iran (Islamic Rep. of)     68.5     70.0      35       1991  5.1        3.9
Iraq                       60.9     63.9      95       1988  5.7 c      4.4 c
Ireland                    73.6     79.2       7       1995  0.3 f t    0.3 f t
Israel                     75.7     79.7       8       1995  0.4 u      0.4 u
Italy                      75.0     81.2       7       1994  0.3        0.3
Jamaica                    72.9     76.8      22       1991  1.3 f      1.0 f
Japan                      76.8     82.9       4       1996  0.4 v      0.3 v
Jordan                     68.9     71.5      26        ...  ...        ...
Kazakhstan                 62.8     72.4      35       1996  2.2 e      1.7 e
Kenya                      51.1     53.0      66        ...  ...        ...
Kiribati                   58.0 l   63.0 l    65 l      ...  ...        ...
Korea, Dem. People's Rep   68.9     75.1      22       1993  5.6 c      5.1 c
Korea, Republic of         68.8     76.0      10       1995  0.7 w x    0.6 w x
Kuwait                     74.1     78.2      12       1996  3.4 c      3.1 c
Kyrgyzstan                 63.3     71.9      40       1995  3.3 e      3.2 e
Lao People's Dem. Rep.     52.0     54.5      93        ...  ...        ...
Latvia                     62.4     74.4      18       1996  1.1 e      0.7 e
Lebanon                    68.1     71.7      29        ...  ...        ...
Lesotho                    54.7     57.3      93        ...  ...        ...
Liberia                    46.1     48.5     116        ...  ...        ...
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya     68.3     72.2      28        ...  ...        ...
Liechtenstein              66.1 y   72.9 y    18 ee     ...  ...        ...
Lithuania                  64.3     75.6      21       1996  0.5 e      0.7 e
Luxembourg                 73.3     79.9       7       1996  0.4 g      0.6 g 
Macau                      75.1     80.1      10       1996  1.1 g z    1.4 g z
Madagascar                 56.0     59.0      82        ...  ...        ...
Malawi                     38.9     39.6     138        ...  ...        ...
Malaysia                   69.9     74.3      11       1996  0.8        0.6
Maldives                   65.7     63.3      50       1993  9.4 c      8.9 c
Mali                       52.0     54.6     118       1987 41.5 c aa  35.7 c aa
Malta                      74.9     79.3       8       1996  2.1 c g    2.7 c 
Marshall Islands           59.1 bb  63.0 bb   30 ee    1995  3.2 c g    2.8 c g
Martinique                 75.5     82.0       7       1992  1.8 c g s  1.4 c g s
Mauritania                 51.9     55.1      92        ...  ...        ...
Mauritius                  67.9     75.1      15       1996  0.5 f g    0.5 f g
Mexico                     69.5     75.5      31       1995  5.8 c      4.7 c
Micronesia, Fed. States of 64.4 cc  68.8 cc   20 d      ...  ...        ...
Mongolia                   64.4     67.3      51        ...  ...        ...
Morocco                    64.8     68.5      51       1995  5.2 c      4.5 c 
Mozambique                 43.9     46.6     114        ...  ...        ...
Myanmar                    58.5     61.8      79        ...  ...        ...
Namibia                    51.8     53.0      65        ...  ...        ...
Nepal                      57.6     57.1      83        ...  ...        ...
Netherlands                75.0     80.7       6       1996  0.3        0.3
Netherlands Antilles       72.5     78.4      14       1992  0.9 g      0.6 g
New Caledonia              69.2     76.3      11       1994  1.3 g      1.4 g
New Zealand                74.1     79.7       7       1992  0.5 f      0.4 f
Nicaragua                  65.8     70.6      43        ...  ...        ...
Niger                      46.9     50.1     115        ...  ...        ...
Nigeria                    48.7     51.5      81        ...  ...        ...
Norway                     75.2     81.1       5       1996  0.4        0.2 g
Occpd. Palestinian Ter. KK 69.3     73.3      24        ...  ...        ...
Oman                       68.9     73.3      25        ...  ...        ...
Pakistan                   62.9     65.1      74        ...  ...        ...
Palau                      65.0 l   69.0 l    28 dd     ...  ...        ...
Panama                     71.8     76.4      21       1995  4.7 c      4.0 c
Papua New Guinea           57.2     58.7      61        ...  ...        ...
Paraguay                   67.5     72.0      39       1992  0.7        0.6
Peru                       65.9     70.9      45       1985 10.8 c f h  9.9 c f h
Philippines                66.5     70.2      35       1991  2.8 f      2.5 f
Poland                     68.2     76.9      15       1996  0.5        0.4
Portugal                   71.8     78.8       9       1996  0.6        0.5
Puerto Rico                69.4     78.5      12       1996  0.5        0.3
Qatar                      70.0     75.4      17        ...  ...        ...
Republic of Moldova        63.5     71.5      29       1992  1.6 e      0.9 e
Reunion                    70.9     79.8       9       1987  0.6 g s    0.6 g s
Romania                    66.2     73.9      23       1996  1.3        1.2
Russian Federation         60.6     72.8      18       1995  1.2 e      0.9 e
Rwanda                     39.4     41.7     124        ...  ...        ...
Saint Kitts and Nevis      67.4 dd  70.4 dd   24 o      ...  ...        ...
Saint Lucia                68.0 r   74.8 r    18 d      ...  ...        ...
Saint Vincent/Grenadines    ...      ...      22 jj     ...  ...        ...
Samoa                      69.3     73.6      23        ...  ...        ...
San Marino                 73.2 ff  79.1 ff   11 o      ...  ...        ...
Sao Tome and Principe       ...      ...      51 b      ...  ...        ...
Saudi Arabia               69.9     73.4      23        ...  ...        ...
Senegal                    50.5     54.2      63        ...  ...        ...
Seychelles                 65.3 gg  74.1 gg    7 o      ...  ...        ...
Sierra Leone               35.8     38.7     170        ...  ...        ...
Singapore                  74.9     79.3       5       1997  1.2 c f hh 0.8 c f hh  
Slovakia                   69.1     76.7      11       1991  0.6        0.5
Slovenia                   70.6     78.2       7       1996  0.3 g      0.3 g
Solomon Islands            69.6     73.9      23        ...  ...        ...
Somalia                    45.4     48.6     122        ...  ...        ...
South Africa               51.5     58.1      59        ...  ...        ...
Spain                      74.5     81.5       7       1995  0.4        0.3
Sri Lanka                  70.9     75.4      18       1995  3.2 c f    2.8 c f
Sudan                      53.6     56.4      71        ...  ...        ...
Suriname                   67.5     72.7      29       1993  0.8 g      1.6 g 
Swaziland                  57.9     62.5      65        ...  ...        ...
Sweden                     76.3     80.8       5       1996  0.2        0.2
Switzerland                75.4     81.8       6       1996  0.3        0.3
Syrian Arab Republic       66.7     71.2      33        ...  ...        ...
Tajikistan                 64.2     70.2      57       1993  9.0 e      8.5 e
Thailand                   65.8     72.0      29       1994  2.2 c f    1.7 c f
The FYR of Macedonia       70.9     75.3      23       1992  0.9        0.9
Togo                       47.6     50.1      84        ...  ...        ...
Tonga                      67.0 r   71.0 r     6 ee     ...  ...        ...
Trinidad and Tobago        71.5     76.2      15       1995  0.7 g      0.6 g
Tunisia                    68.4     70.7      30       1995  5.9 c      4.8 c
Turkey                     66.5     71.7      45        ...  ...        ...
Turkmenistan               61.9     68.9      55        ...  ...        ...
Uganda                     38.9     40.4     107        ...  ...        ...
Ukraine                    63.8     73.7      19       1995  1.1 e      0.9 e
United Arab Emirates       73.9     76.5      16        ...  ...        ...
United Kingdom             74.5     79.8       7       1996  0.3        0.2
United Rep. of Tanzania    46.8     49.1      81        ...  ...        ...
United States of America   73.4     80.1       7       1995  0.4        0.4
US Virgin Islands           ...      ...      12 b     1990  1.1 g      0.0
Uruguay                    70.4     78.0      18       1990  5.6 c      4.5 c
Uzbekistan                 64.3     70.7      44        ...  ...        ...
Vanuatu                    65.5     69.5      39        ...  ...        ...
Venezuela                  70.0     75.7      21       1990  7.0 c h    5.7 c h
Viet Nam                   64.9     69.6      38        ...  ...        ...
Western Sahara             59.8     63.1      64        ...  ...        ...
Yemen                      57.4     58.4      80        ...  ...        ...
Yugoslavia                 70.2     75.5      18       1995  0.7        0.6 
Zambia                     39.5     40.6      82        ...  ...        ...
Zimbabwe                   43.6     44.7      69        ...  ...        ...

Sources:
Life expectancy and infant mortality estimates from Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 1998 Revision, Vol. I: Comprehensive Tables (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.99.XIII.9), supplemented by
Demographic Yearbook 1997 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E/F.99.XIII.1), and Population and Vital Statistics Report , Statistical papers, Series A Vol. LI, No.3 (Data available as of 1 July 1999); child mortality from Demographic Yearbook 1997.

Footnotes:
...   Not available.
a    Data refer to 1981-1984.
b    Data refer to 1993.
c    For 0-4 years of age.
d    Data refer to 1995.
e    Excluding infants born alive after less than 28 weeks' gestation, of less than 1000
        grammes in weight and 35 centimeters in length, who die within seven days of birth.
f    Data tabulated by date of registration rather than occurrence.
g    Rates based on 30 or fewer deaths.
h    Excluding Indian jungle population.
i     For statistical purposes the data for China do not include those for Hong Kong Special
        Administrative Region (Hong Kong SAR) and Taiwan province of China.
j    Based on burial permits.
k   Data refer to 1985-1988.
l    Data refer to 1990.
m   For government controlled areas.
n    Excluding Faeroe Islands and Greenland.
o    Data refer to 1996.
p    Excluding nomadic Indian tribes.
q    Including armed forces stationed outside the country.
r    Data refer to 1986.
s    Excluding live-born infants dying before registration of birth.
t    Deaths registered within one year of occurrence.
u    Including data for East Jerusalem and Israeli residents in certain other territories under
        occupation by Israeli military forces since June 1967.
v    For Japanese nationals in Japan only; however, rates computed on population including
        foreigners except foreign military and civilian personnel and their dependants stationed
        in the area.
w   Excluding alien armed forces, civilian aliens employed by armed forces, and foreign
        diplomatic personnel and their dependants.
x    Estimates based on the results of the continuous Demographic Sample Survey.
y    Data refer to 1980-1984.
z    Events registered by Health Service only.
aa   Based on the results of the population census.
bb   Data refer to 1989.
cc   Data refer to 1991-1992.
dd   Data refer to 1994.
ee   Data refer to 1997.
ff    Data refer to 1977-1986.
gg   Data refer to 1981-1985.
hh   Excluding transients afloat and non-locally domiciled military and civilian services
        personnel and their dependants.
ii   Data refer to 1994.
jj   Data refer to 1998.
kk   Data refer to Gaza Strip only.

Technical notes:
        Life expectancy at birth is an estimate of the expected number of years to be lived by a female or male newborn, based on current age-specific mortality rates. Estimates and projections of life expectancy are prepared every two years by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat from data compiled by the Population Division and Statistics Division from national statistical sources. As many developing countries lack complete and reliable statistics of births and deaths based on civil registration, various estimation techniques are used to calculate life expectancy using sources of data other than civil registration, mainly population censuses and demographic surveys. Life expectancy at birth by sex gives a statistical summary of current differences in male and female mortality across all ages. However, trends and differentials in infant and child mortality rates are the predominant influence on trends and differentials in life expectancy at birth in most developing countries. Thus, life expectancy at birth is of limited usefulness in these countries in assessing levels and differentials in male and female mortality at other ages.
       
Infant mortality rate is the total number of deaths in a given year of children less than one year old divided by the total number of live births in the same year, multiplied by 1,000. It is an approximation of the number of deaths per 1,000 children born alive who die within one year of birth. This series is taken from the estimates and projections of the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, based on a review of all available national sources. In developing countries where civil registration data are deficient, the most reliable sources are demographic surveys of households. Where these are not available, other sources and general estimates are made which are necessarily of limited reliability. Where countries lack comprehensive and accurate systems of civil registration, infant mortality statistics by sex are difficult to collect or to estimate with any degree of reliability because of reporting biases and thus disaggregation of infant mortality by sex is not shown here.
       
Child mortality rate refers to the annual number of deaths in the age group 1-4 years per 1,000 population in the age group. Most of the data shown here for this series are those reported by countries from their national civil registration systems. Some are estimates prepared by national and international statistical services from population surveys. The completeness and accuracy of the data which these systems produce vary from one country or area to another. Information on the completeness of coverage of vital statistics data is provided in the quarterly publication prepared by the Statistics Division of the United Nations Secretariat Population and Vital Statistics Report (Statistical Papers, Series A, United Nations publication).
        Another important limitation of the series on child mortality is that some countries report mortality for the age group 0-4 years; these are indicated in the present table by footnotes. These countries' data are not directly comparable with those of other countries as the much higher mortality in the first year of life necessarily inflates the resulting mortality figure in these cases.
        Other factors which hinder comparability of data are differences in the method used to determine age at death and the quality of information relating to age at death. For these and other reasons related to deficiencies in data reporting, small differences between male and female child mortality rates in most developing regions should not be considered statistically significant in the absence of corroborating research and analysis.

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