Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare


II. Survivorship in the life tables

In the abridged life tables 2010, the number of survivors at age 65 was 86,929 for males and 93,592 for females of the original hypothetical cohort of 100,000 infants. These mean that the survival rate until age 65 is 86.9% for males and 93.6% for females. In the same way, it follows that the survival rate until age 75 is 72.1% for males and 86.5% for females, and the survival rate until age 90 is 22.0% for males and 46.1% for females.

The stationary population from age 0 (total person-years supported by 100,000 annual live births) was 7,963,518 for males and 8,638,891 for females. The stationary population from age 65 was 1,639,074 (20.6%) for males and 2,236,330 (25.9%) for females.

The median length of life, which means the age when exactly half of the cohort remain alive, was 82.63 years for males and 89.15 years for females.

Table 3. Survival rate until specific ages

(%)
Year Male Female
Age 40 65 75 90 95 Age 40 65 75 90 95
1947 68.0 39.8 18.5 0.9 0.1 70.9 49.1 29.0 2.0 0.2
1950-1952 81.8 55.1 29.4 2.0 0.3 83.2 62.8 40.5 4.0 0.6
1955 87.0 61.8 34.6 2.7 0.5 89.0 70.6 47.6 6.2 1.3
1960 89.7 64.8 36.1 2.3 0.4 92.2 75.2 51.5 6.0 1.2
1965 92.6 69.1 39.9 2.3 0.3 95.0 80.0 57.1 6.5 1.2
1970 93.7 72.1 43.5 3.5 0.6 96.1 82.6 61.2 8.6 1.9
1975 95.1 76.8 51.0 5.4 1.1 96.9 86.1 67.8 12.0 2.9
1980 96.1 79.4 55.7 7.1 1.5 97.6 88.5 72.7 16.0 4.2
1985 96.7 81.1 60.2 9.4 2.2 98.0 90.1 76.9 21.2 6.4
1990 97.1 82.6 63.0 11.6 3.0 98.3 91.3 79.8 26.3 9.0
1995 97.2 83.3 63.8 12.8 3.4 98.4 91.6 81.2 30.9 11.9
2000 97.5 84.7 66.7 17.3 5.7 98.6 92.6 83.7 38.8 17.7
2001 97.6 85.1 67.5 18.2 6.2 98.6 92.8 84.2 40.1 18.9
2002 97.7 85.4 68.2 18.9 6.6 98.6 92.9 84.5 41.4 20.1
2003 97.6 85.3 68.4 19.0 6.6 98.6 93.0 84.8 41.7 20.1
2004 97.7 85.7 69.1 19.8 7.0 98.7 93.0 85.0 42.8 21.1
2005 97.7 85.7 69.3 19.3 6.5 98.7 93.1 85.1 42.7 20.8
2006 97.8 86.1 70.3 20.6 7.3 98.7 93.3 85.5 43.9 21.9
2007 97.8 86.4 70.8 21.0 7.6 98.7 93.3 85.8 44.5 22.4
2008 97.9 86.6 71.2 21.1 7.5 98.7 93.4 86.0 44.8 22.4
2009 97.9 86.7 71.9 22.2 8.2 98.8 93.6 86.5 46.4 23.7
2010 97.9 86.9 72.1 22.0 8.0 98.8 93.6 86.5 46.1 23.0
Notes:1. Data of 1947-2000 and 2005 are based on complete life tables.
2. Before 1970, data of Okinawa prefecture is not included.

Table 4. Ratio of total person-years from age 65 to total person-years from age 0

(%)
Year Male Female
1947     …     …
1950-1952 10.5 13.3
1955 11.5 14.7
1960 11.5 15.1
1965 12.1 16.0
1970 13.0 17.0
1975 14.7 18.5
1980 15.8 19.9
1985 16.8 21.2
1990 17.6 22.3
1995 18.0 23.2
2000 19.1 24.5
2001 19.4 24.8
2002 19.6 25.0
2003 19.6 25.1
2004 19.8 25.3
2005 19.8 25.2
2006 20.1 25.5
2007 20.2 25.6
2008 20.3 25.7
2009 20.6 26.0
2010 20.6 25.9
Notes:1. Data of 1947-2000 and 2005 are based on complete life tables.
2. Before 1970, data of Okinawa prefecture is not included.

Table 5. The median length of life

(years)
Year Male Female
1947 59.28 64.45
1950-1952 67.22 71.31
1955 69.79 74.19
1960 70.66 75.44
1965 72.00 77.04
1970 73.10 78.19
1975 75.31 80.17
1980 76.69 81.75
1985 78.06 83.38
1990 79.13 84.71
1995 79.49 85.73
2000 80.74 87.41
2001 81.08 87.72
2002 81.28 88.02
2003 81.35 88.09
2004 81.57 88.34
2005 81.56 88.34
2006 81.94 88.61
2007 82.11 88.77
2008 82.21 88.83
2009 82.55 89.20
2010 82.63 89.15
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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