Indicator Profile of Life Expectancy at Birth
Why Is This Important?
Shifts in life expectancy are often used to describe trends in mortality. Being able to predict how populations will age has enormous implications for the planning and provision of services and support. Small increases in life expectancy translate into large increases in the population.As the life expectancy of a population lengthens, the number of people living with chronic illnesses tends to increase because chronic illnesses are more common among older persons.
Data Notes
Reed-Merrill method was used to compute life expectancy.Data Sources
Utah Death Certificate Database, Office of Vital Records and Statistics, Utah Department of Health;Other Views
Definition
Life expectancy is a measure that is often used to gauge the overall health of a community. It is an estimate of the expected average number of years of life (or a person's age at death) for individuals who were born into a particular population. Life expectancy at birth measures health status across all age groups.How We Calculated the Rates
| Numerator: | n/a |
| Denominator: | n/a |
Page Content Updated On 10/27/09,
Published on 10/29/09
