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Life Expectancy at Birth in Turkey is Increased (17 September 2020)
The life expectancy is a marker that used to measure the general health status of the population as one of the most important indicators of the health and well-being of society. It is an identifiable measure of the overall level of mortality (death) of a given population over a certain period of time. Life expectancy is defined as age-specific life expectancy, or the average number of years a person will live, and is used as an easy-to-understand indicator of the probability of dying at any age. The life expectancy at birth is the average number of years of a newborn is expected to live if he/she is exposed to age-specific mortality risks throughout his/her life, and shows the average number of years a person born in a given year will live.
Life expectancy at birth in Turkey is 78.6 years.
"Life expectancy at birth", defined as the average number of years a newborn is expected to live if exposed to current mortality risks, increased from 78 years in the 2013-2015 period in Turkey to 78.6 years in the 2017-2019 period.
Women lived 5.4 years longer than men.
Life expectancy at birth, which was 75.3 years for males in the 2013-2015 period in Turkey, increased to 75.9 years in the 2017-2019 period, and from 80.7 years to 81.3 years for females. In general, women live longer than men, and the difference in life expectancy at birth between men and women is 5.4 years.Life expectancy at birth, which was 75.3 years for males in the 2013-2015 period in Turkey, increased to 75.9 years in the 2017-2019 period, and from 80.7 years to 81.3 years for females. In general, women live longer than men, and the difference in life expectancy at birth between men and women is 5.4 years.
Source: ‘https://data.tuik.gov.tr/Bulten/Index?p=Hayat-Tablolari-2017-2019-33711’