Potential years of life lost of population

Definition

Potential years of life lost refers to the number of years of potential life not lived when a person dies "prematurely", defined for this indicator as before age 75. For a population, potential years of life lost is the total years lost calculated for all deaths in a specified period.

Population refers to the total membership, based on specific characteristics, of a group of people, objects or events at a given time and within a particular geographic area.

Measurements

• Age-standardized rate per 100,000 population January 01, 2018 to current
• Rate per 100,000 population June 29, 2016 to current

Relation to previous version

• Potential years of life lost of population February 08, 2017 to current

  This is the current version.

• Potential years of life lost of population January 01, 2016 to February 05, 2017