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Collection Methodology for Key Performance Indicators for Smart Sustainable Cities

Dimension Society And Culture
Sub-Dimension Education, Health and Culture
Category Health
KPI Name Life Expectancy
KPI No. SC: EH: H:1C Type: Core Type: Structural

Definition / Average life expectancy
Description

Rationale / “Life expectancy at birth reflects the overall mortality level of a population. It
Interpretation / indicates the average number of years that a newborn is expected to live if current
Benchmarking mortality rates continue to apply and summarizes the mortality pattern that
prevails across all age groups - children and adolescents, adults and the elderly.”
(WHO, 2006)
An improving trend and higher values are considered positive.

Source(s) WHO Definitions. Retrieved from
<http://www.who.int/whosis/whostat2006DefinitionsAndMetadata.pdf>

Methodology Calculate as:
Average number of years that a newborn is expected to live if current mortality
rates continue to apply.
Unit Years

Data Sources / The data may be collected from local health departments, or may need to be
Relevant interpreted from regional or national data.
Databases It is also possible to extract this data from WHO tables:
http://www.who.int/healthinfo/statistics/LT_method.pdf?ua=1&ua=1
SDG Reference(s) SDG Target 3.4: By 2030, reduce by one third premature mortality from non-
communicable diseases through prevention and treatment and promote mental
health and well-being.

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