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Table 3 Parameters of the life-table age-at-death distributions and the summary measures (e 10, e C , e A ) in 35 developed countries, by sex, 2010

From: The concept of the Equivalent Length of Life for quantifying differences in age-at-death distributions across countries

 

Females

Males

 

e 10

SD

A

e C

e A

e 10

SD

A

e C

e A

Australia

74.1

12.3

−0.31

61.8

57.9

69.7

13.8

−0.30

55.9

51.7

Austria

73.0

11.9

−0.31

61.2

57.4

67.6

13.9

−0.28

53.7

49.9

Belarus

66.4

13.7

−0.27

52.7

49.0

54.5

15.9

−0.14

38.6

36.5

Belgium

72.3

12.6

−0.31

59.7

55.8

67.1

13.8

−0.28

53.2

49.4

Bulgaria

67.6

12.7

−0.30

54.9

51.0

60.8

14.4

−0.21

46.4

43.4

Canada

73.4

13.0

−0.28

60.4

56.7

69.0

14.0

−0.27

55.0

51.2

Czech Republic

70.6

12.0

−0.28

58.6

55.1

64.5

13.8

−0.23

50.7

47.6

Denmark

71.7

12.3

−0.26

59.4

56.2

67.5

13.3

−0.26

54.3

50.9

East Germany

72.6

12.0

−0.30

60.6

57.0

66.9

13.8

−0.26

53.0

49.5

England and Wales

72.8

12.5

−0.28

60.3

56.8

69.0

13.5

−0.28

55.6

51.9

Estonia

70.8

13.1

−0.31

57.7

53.6

60.9

15.8

−0.19

45.0

42.0

Finland

72.9

12.4

−0.32

60.5

56.5

66.3

14.7

−0.28

51.6

47.4

France

74.6

12.6

−0.33

61.9

57.8

67.9

14.6

−0.28

53.3

49.3

Hungary

68.2

13.3

−0.25

54.9

51.6

60.2

14.6

−0.14

45.6

43.6

Iceland

73.6

11.7

−0.30

61.9

58.3

69.5

12.9

−0.33

56.6

52.4

Ireland

72.1

12.5

−0.27

59.5

56.1

67.1

14.1

−0.28

53.0

49.0

Italy

74.1

11.6

−0.30

62.5

59.0

69.1

13.0

−0.28

56.1

52.4

Japan

76.2

12.4

−0.32

63.8

59.8

69.4

13.7

−0.27

55.7

52.1

Latvia

68.6

13.6

−0.28

55.1

51.2

58.7

15.6

−0.17

43.1

40.5

Lithuania

69.0

13.8

−0.29

55.2

51.1

58.0

16.5

−0.16

41.5

38.9

Luxembourg

72.7

11.9

−0.28

60.8

57.5

67.8

13.1

−0.30

54.7

50.7

Netherlands

72.5

12.2

−0.29

60.3

56.7

68.5

12.5

−0.26

55.9

52.7

New Zealand non-Maori

73.0

12.3

−0.31

60.7

56.9

69.1

13.7

−0.30

55.4

51.2

Norway

72.9

12.2

−0.30

60.7

57.0

68.5

13.3

−0.29

55.2

51.3

Poland

69.9

12.8

−0.28

57.2

53.6

61.5

15.2

−0.20

46.4

43.4

Portugal

72.3

12.0

−0.32

60.4

56.5

66.3

14.2

−0.28

52.2

48.1

Russia

65.0

14.9

−0.28

50.1

46.0

53.2

17.0

−0.14

36.2

33.9

Slovakia

69.0

12.3

−0.27

56.7

53.5

61.5

14.2

−0.19

47.3

44.5

Spain

74.4

11.6

−0.32

62.8

59.1

68.4

13.6

−0.26

54.7

51.2

Sweden

73.4

11.8

−0.30

61.6

58.0

69.5

12.8

−0.29

56.8

53.0

Switzerland

74.6

11.6

−0.32

62.9

59.2

70.2

12.8

−0.29

57.4

53.6

Taiwan

72.3

12.8

−0.28

59.5

55.9

66.2

15.4

−0.23

50.8

47.2

Ukraine

65.2

14.2

−0.28

50.9

47.0

54.7

16.4

−0.15

38.3

35.8

USA

71.3

13.9

−0.28

57.3

53.4

66.5

15.5

−0.28

51.0

46.7

West Germany

72.8

12.0

−0.30

60.8

57.2

68.2

13.4

−0.26

54.8

51.3

Min

65.0

11.6

−0.33

50.1

46.0

53.2

12.5

−0.33

36.2

33.9

Max

76.2

14.9

−0.25

63.8

59.8

70.2

17.0

−0.14

57.4

53.6

Max-min

11.2

3.3

0.08

13.6

13.8

17.0

4.5

0.19

21.2

19.7

Mean

71.6

12.6

−0.29

59.0

55.3

65.3

14.3

−0.25

51.0

47.5

  1. Source: Authors’ estimations based on Human Mortality Database (2014)