Life Expectancy at Birth from 1960 to 2023 by Characteristics

Reza Taherian's dataset provides life expectancy at birth figures for 1960 and 2023, along with the average annual percent change (AAPC) over that 63-year period. The data is organized by different characteristics. It was last updated on June 3, 2026 and is available as an XLS file.

Use Cases

• Analyzing long-term trends in life expectancy based on the AAPC from 1960 to 2023.
• Comparing life expectancy outcomes across different demographic characteristics mentioned in the description.
• Benchmarking national or group-level health progress using the 1960 and 2023 reference points.

Strengths

• Provides a long-term comparison spanning 63 years from 1960 to 2023.
• Includes a derived metric, the average annual percent change (AAPC), for trend analysis.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The specific characteristics used for grouping are not detailed in the metadata.

Provenance

Source

Reza Taherian

Time Range

1960 to 2023

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-03 17:38:46; freshness should be verified.