Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare


I. Life expectancies at specific ages

In the abridged life tables 2010, life expectancy at birth was 79.64 years for males, increasing by 0.05 years from 79.59 years in 2009, and 86.39 years for females, decreasing by 0.05 years from 86.44 years in 2009.

The increments of life expectancies for both males and females tended to decline as age increases.

The difference in life expectancy at birth between the sexes was 6.75 years, decreasing by 0.10 years from 2009 to 2010.

Table 1. Life expectancies at specific ages and their
increments to the previous year

(years)
Age Male Female
2010 2009 Increase 2010 2009 Increase
0 79.64 79.59 0.05 86.39 86.44 △ 0.05
5 74.90 74.87 0.03 81.64 81.69 △ 0.05
10 69.94 69.90 0.04 76.67 76.73 △ 0.06
15 64.98 64.93 0.05 71.70 71.75 △ 0.05
20 60.07 60.04 0.03 66.75 66.81 △ 0.06
25 55.24 55.20 0.04 61.83 61.90 △ 0.07
30 50.41 50.37 0.04 56.92 57.00 △ 0.08
35 45.59 45.55 0.04 52.03 52.11 △ 0.08
40 40.81 40.78 0.03 47.17 47.25 △ 0.08
45 36.10 36.09 0.01 42.36 42.44 △ 0.08
50 31.51 31.51 0.00 37.61 37.70 △ 0.09
55 27.07 27.09 △ 0.02 32.95 33.04 △ 0.09
60 22.84 22.87 △ 0.03 28.37 28.46 △ 0.09
65 18.86 18.88 △ 0.02 23.89 23.97 △ 0.08
70 15.08 15.10 △ 0.02 19.53 19.61 △ 0.08
75 11.58 11.63 △ 0.05 15.38 15.46 △ 0.08
80 8.57 8.66 △ 0.09 11.59 11.68 △ 0.09
85 6.18 6.27 △ 0.09 8.30 8.41 △ 0.11
90 4.41 4.48 △ 0.07 5.76 5.86 △ 0.10

Table 2.Trend of life expectancies at birth

(years)
Year Male Female Difference
1947 50.06 53.96 3.90
1950-1952 59.57 62.97 3.40
1955 63.60 67.75 4.15
1960 65.32 70.19 4.87
1965 67.74 72.92 5.18
1970 69.31 74.66 5.35
1975 71.73 76.89 5.16
1980 73.35 78.76 5.41
1985 74.78 80.48 5.70
1990 75.92 81.90 5.98
1995 76.38 82.85 6.47
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
2004 78.64 85.59 6.95
2005 78.56 85.52 6.96
2006 79.00 85.81 6.81
2007 79.19 85.99 6.80
2008 79.29 86.05 6.76
2009 79.59 86.44 6.85
2010 79.64 86.39 6.75

Notes:1.Data of 1947-2000 and 2005 are based on complete life tables.
2.Before 1970, data of Okinawa prefecture is not included.


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