Human Mortality Database

Excited to see the Human Fertility Database here on Bluesky! 🎉

The #HFD provides high-quality and internationally comparable data on cohort and period #fertility 📊

Make sure to follow them 👇

📢 #HMD #episky #mortality

#STMF data series revised & updated ✅
🔵 New & updated data for 23 countries
🟠 Data for 2026 for 18 countries

Data 👉 mortality.org/Data/STMF

We invite you to explore the data using our visualization toolkit ⬇️
mpidr.shinyapps.io/stmortality/

📢 #episky #mortality #opendata
📈 #Luxembourg #HMD series was updated through 2024

Full life tables & data ➡️ mortality.org

The 2024 Luxembourg #lifeexpectancy estimates at birth increased for women to a new high of 85.5 years, but decreased for men to 81 years.

📢 #episky #mortality
📈 #Taiwan #HMD series updated through 2024

In 2024, while #lifeexpectancy estimates at birth continue to increase for both men and women, they have yet to fully recover to the levels seen before COVID-19.

🌐 #Opendata available at mortality.org

📢 #episky #mortality #opendata
📈 #US #HMD series updated through 2024

🔓 Data is freely available at mortality.org

Continuing divergence in #lifeexpectancy at birth between the US and other high-income countries in 2024.

📢 #episki #mortality
📈 #Chile #HMD series updated through 2024

Full life tables & data ➡️ mortality.org

In 2023 Chile reattained its highest longevity since 2019. However, by 2024 life expectancy estimates showed a minor decline at most ages, except for a meagre 0.07-year increase at birth for ♂️.

📢 #mortality
📈 #HongKong #HMD series updated through 2024

Data ➡️ mortality.org

Hong Kong SAR has regained its pre-Covid #longevity trajectory. In 2024 ♀️ gained 0.84 yrs in e0 vs. the previous high of 87.9 yrs in 2021. ♂️ gained 0.82 years on top of the previous high of 82.5 yrs in the same year.

The database covers national populations, regions and certain sub-populations (settlement, ethnicity, socio-demographic characteristics..)

Have a look at all data-related details 👇
🔷 Methods Protocol
lifetable.de/File/GetDocument/methodology.pdf
🔶 Codes
lifetable.de/Codes/Codes

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We publish recalculated #lifetables based on a standard methodology including the source reference & original life table.

Original life tables are sourced from:
🔵 National statistical offices
🟠 Scientific publications
🟢 Official reports
🟡 Data collections ..

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✨ Human Life-Table Database Update ✨

The #HLD documents the evolution of human mortality by providing a quantitative life-table description of mortality patterns.

🔓 Data is freely available at lifetable.de
📈 15.000 #lifetables for 142 countries

Learn more about the database 👇🧵

📢 #episky #mortality
New year, new #STMF data 🎆

Revised and updated data available 📈
➡️ mortality.org/Data/STMF

🔒 STMF data access is now limited to registered #HMD users to protect sensitive data. Log in with your existing HMD credentials to download the data series.

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2025 is coming to an end, and the @hmdatabase.bsky.social team wants to thank all of our contributors, supporters, and users around the world 🧡🙏

Our highlight of the year: the 7th #HMD symposium in Paris 🎉

Wishing you happy holidays and looking forward to the year ahead ✨

📢 #episki #mortality
📈 #Slovakia #HMD series updated through 2024

Data ➡️ mortality.org

By 2024 Slovakia had recovered from a 3-year dip in life expectancy at birth during the height of Covid. e(0) reached the new highs of 81.6 years for ♀️ and 75.0 years for ♂️

📢 #episki #mortality
📈 #Portugal #HMD series updated through 2024

Full life tables & data ➡️ mortality.org

The gap between male and female life expectancy estimates at birth continued to narrow in 2024 for Portugal.

📢 #episky #mortality
📈 #Japan #HMD series updated through 2024

#opendata ➡️ mortality.org

In 2024, life expectancy estimates at birth for men and women stayed the same for the third year in a row.

📢 #episky #mortality #opendata #HMD

The weekly deaths series #STMF was just updated ✅
Download the latest version with new and updated data for 31 countries at mortality.org/Data/STMF

To further explore the data, check out the excess visualization toolkit 👇
mpidr.shinyapps.io/stmortality/

📢 #episky #mortality
📈 #Switzerland #HMD series updated through 2024

Full life tables & data ➡️ mortality.org

The life expectancy estimates at birth for men and women born in Switzerland in 2024 reached new highs at 85.90 and 82.42, respectively.

📢 #episky #mortality
📈 #Belgium #HMD series updated through 2024

Data ➡️ mortality.org

The ratio of male to female life expectancy estimates decreased for ages 0, 65, and 80 in 2024, meaning gains in female life expectancy outpaced those in male life expectancy.

📢 #episky #mortality
📈 #HMD series updated through 2024 for #Estonia, #Latvia, and #Lithuania

Data ➡️ mortality.org

Life expectancy in the three Baltic countries reached historically high values: 75.1, 71.4, and 73.0 years for males, and 83.4, 81.2, and 81.7 years for females.

📢 #episky #mortality
Weekly death series #STMF revised and updated ☑️

#opendata ➡️ mortality.org/Data/STMF

Country-specific details in the 📰 metadata mortality.org/File/GetDocument/Public/STMF/DOC/STMFmetadata.pdf

That’s a wrap on #HMDsymposium2025 👏

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who made these inspiring days of exchange a great success 📈💡
Special thanks to @ined-english.bsky.social, @mpidr.bsky.social, and CEDA @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social, for their support in making this event possible 🧡

Closing with plenty of new insights and inspiration for future work 🌟 Thank you to all participants!

The #HMDsymposium2025 is coming to an end with the final session on ✨new insights ✨, with contributions from Nadine Ouellette, Daniel Meier, Vladimir Shkolnikov, @paigepark.bsky.social, and @isamarinetti.bsky.social.
Chair: Dmitri Jdanov

#Longevity #LifeExpectancy #Forecasting #CausesOfDeath

Thanks to all who contributed to the session and the engaging exchange 🗣️

Next up: Session VI on ✨models and measures✨, including presentations by Pedro Menezes De Araújo, @scpatricio.bsky.social, Jon Anson, and @paola.vazquez.dk, with Carl Boe serving as chair.

#HMDsymposium2025 #MortalityData #LifeTable #AgeAtDeath

Great insights in Session V — many thanks to everyone who shared their work! 📈

Session V on ✨cause-specific #mortality ✨ is led by @svitoslava.bsky.social and features presentations by Helena Chui, Clara Girault, @ischiathere.bsky.social, and Sergey Timonin.

#HMDsymposium2025 #MortalityData #LifeExpectancy #Inequality #CausesOfDeath #GenderDifference

Session IV wrapped up with engaging talks and lively discussion — thank you all! 💡