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# WHO GHO: life expectancy at birth, Germany — current to 2023, refreshed 2026-10-01

Three WHO GHO OData records already exist in the corpus (archived-indicator 200+empty, legacy Athena
retirement, GISAH alcohol indicators). This is the headline indicator, `WHOSIS_000001` ("Life expectancy
at birth (years)"), not previously observed.

## Query

```
GET https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/WHOSIS_000001?$filter=SpatialDim eq 'DEU' and Dim1 eq 'SEX_BTSX'&$orderby=TimeDim desc&$top=3
```

(`Dim1 eq 'SEX_BTSX'` selects the both-sexes combined estimate; `SEX_FMLE`/`SEX_MLE` give sex-specific
rows under the same indicator.)

## Real data and the vintage gap

| TimeDim (data year) | NumericValue |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 81.0 |
| 2022 | 80.5 |
| 2021 | 80.6 |

Every row in this response carries `"Date": "2026-10-01T16:11:13.08+02:00"` — the API's own
last-computed/refresh timestamp. **The newest available data year is 2023**, almost three years behind
the refresh date and nearly three years behind today (2026-10-13). An agent reading only the `Date` field
("this was updated 12 days ago") would wrongly assume the *data* is from 2026; the refresh timestamp
describes when WHO recomputed/republished the indicator, not how recent the underlying estimate is.

For Germany, 2021, sex-specific rows: female `NumericValue: 82.9` (`Value: "82.9 [82.9-83]"`, a
confidence/uncertainty interval baked into the display string), male `NumericValue: 78.3`
(`"78.3 [78.2-78.3]"`) — see the companion finding comparing this indicator's 2021 combined figure
(80.6) against World Bank's for the same country-year.

How observed: 2026-10-13T18:35:46Z, direct HTTPS `curl` against `ghoapi.azureedge.net`, no key, two
OData `$filter` queries (one by exact year, one ordered/top-N).

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