Person—life expectancy, total years N[NN]
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Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Life expectancy |
| METEOR identifier: | 557421 |
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| Definition: | The number of years, on average, a person is expected to live, based on current age and sex-specific death rates. |
| Data Element Concept: | Person—life expectancy |
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| Representation class: | Total | ||||
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| Data type: | Number | ||||
| Format: | N[NN] | ||||
| Maximum character length: | 3 | ||||
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| Unit of measure: | Year | ||||
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| Guide for use: | A life table is a statistical model used to represent mortality of a population. In its simplest form, a life table is generated from age-specific death rates and the resulting values are used to measure mortality, survivorship and life expectancy. | ||||
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| Submitting organisation: | National Health Performance Authority | ||||