Abridged Life Tables For Japan 2003

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I. Life expectancies at specified ages

In the abridged life tables for 2003, life expectancy at birth for males is 78.36 years, increased by 0.04 years from that of the previous year, and that for females is 85.33 years, increased by 0.10 years.
Life expectancies at specified ages for males and females increase at almost age. The difference in life expectancy at birth between males and females is 6.97 years, 0.06 years longer than that of the previous year.

Table 1. Life expectancies at specified ages
and their increments compared with that of the previous year

(years)

Age Male Female

2003 2002 Increase 2003 2002 Increase

0 78.36 78.32 0.04 85.33 85.23 0.10

5 73.68 73.66 0.02 80.65 80.55 0.10

10 68.72 68.71 0.01 75.69 75.60 0.09

15 63.76 63.75 0.01 70.73 70.63 0.10

20 58.89 58.87 0.02 65.79 65.69 0.10

25 54.05 54.05 0.00 60.87 60.77 0.10

30 49.23 49.21 0.02 55.97 55.86 0.11

35 44.43 44.40 0.03 51.08 50.97 0.11

40 39.67 39.64 0.03 46.22 46.12 0.10

45 35.01 34.97 0.04 41.41 41.31 0.10

50 30.47 30.42 0.05 36.68 36.58 0.10

55 26.12 26.07 0.05 32.04 31.95 0.09

60 21.98 21.93 0.05 27.49 27.40 0.09

65 18.02 17.96 0.06 23.04 22.96 0.08

70 14.35 14.32 0.03 18.75 18.69 0.06

75 11.09 11.07 0.02 14.72 14.67 0.05

80 8.26 8.25 0.01 11.04 11.02 0.02

85 5.95 5.97 -0.02 7.95 7.94 0.01

90 4.26 4.29 -0.03 5.57 5.56 0.01

95 3.10 3.10 0.00 3.93 3.88 0.05

100 2.28 2.26 0.02 2.84 2.73 0.11

Table 2. Trends of life expectancy at birth

(years)

Year Male Female Difference

1947 50.06 53.96 3.90

50-52 59.57 62.97 3.40

55 63.60 67.75 4.15

60 65.32 70.19 4.87

65 67.74 72.92 5.18

70 69.31 74.66 5.35

75 71.73 76.89 5.16

80 73.35 78.76 5.41

85 74.78 80.48 5.70

90 75.92 81.90 5.98

95 76.38 82.85 6.47

96 77.01 83.59 6.58

97 77.19 83.82 6.63

98 77.16 84.01 6.85

99 77.10 83.99 6.89

2000 77.72 84.60 6.88

2001 78.07 84.93 6.86

2002 78.32 85.23 6.91

2003 78.36 85.33 6.97

Notes:1. Data in 2000 and up to 1995 is based on complete life tables.

2. Before 1970, data of Okinawa prefecture is not included.

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