variables: 814972

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814972 Life expectancy - Type: period - Sex: both - Age: 0 years   2023-10-05 13:29:55 2024-07-08 16:52:04     1751-2021 6260   years 
{
    "name": "Life expectancy at birth, period",
    "unit": "years",
    "shortUnit": "years",
    "numDecimalPlaces": 1
}
 0     life_expectancy__type_period__sex_both__age_0 grapher/demography/2023-10-04/life_tables/life_tables#life_expectancy__type_period__sex_both__age_0 
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    "filters": [
        {
            "name": "type",
            "value": "period"
        },
        {
            "name": "sex",
            "value": "both"
        },
        {
            "name": "age",
            "value": "0"
        }
    ],
    "originalName": "Life expectancy",
    "originalShortName": "life_expectancy"
}
 2     Life expectancy at birth period tables HMD   The period life expectancy at birth, in a given year.   
[
    "Period life expectancy is a metric that summarizes death rates across all age groups in one particular year.\n",
    "For a given year, it represents the average lifespan for a hypothetical group of people, if they experienced the same age-specific death rates throughout their whole lives as the age-specific death rates seen in that particular year.\n",
    "Prior to 1950, we use HMD (2023) data. From 1950 onwards, we use UN WPP (2022) data."
]
       
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    "selectedEntityNames": [
        "Italy",
        "England and Wales",
        "France",
        "Sweden"
    ]
}
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