In the abridged life tables for 2002, life expectancy at birth for males is 78.32 years, increased by 0.25 years from that of the previous year, and that for females is 85.23 years, increased by 0.30 years.
Life expectancies at specified ages for males and females increase at every age. The difference in life expectancy at birth between males and females is 6.91 years, 0.05 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

Table 2. Trends of life expectancy at birth