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I. Life expectancies at specified ages

  In the abridged life tables for 2004, life expectancy at birth for males is 78.64 years, increased by 0.28 years from that of the previous year, and that for females is 85.59 years, increased by 0.26 years.
  Life expectancies at specified ages for males and females increase at all age. The difference in life expectancy at birth between males and females is 6.95 years, 0.02 years shorter 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
2004 2003 Increase 2004 2003 Increase
0 78.64 78.36 0.28 85.59 85.33 0.26
5 73.96 73.68 0.28 80.88 80.65 0.23
10 69.00 68.72 0.28 75.92 75.69 0.23
15 64.04 63.76 0.28 70.94 70.73 0.21
20 59.15 58.89 0.26 66.01 65.79 0.22
25 54.32 54.05 0.27 61.09 60.87 0.22
30 49.49 49.23 0.26 56.18 55.97 0.21
35 44.68 44.43 0.25 51.29 51.08 0.21
40 39.93 39.67 0.26 46.44 46.22 0.22
45 35.25 35.01 0.24 41.63 41.41 0.22
50 30.70 30.47 0.23 36.90 36.68 0.22
55 26.33 26.12 0.21 32.27 32.04 0.23
60 22.17 21.98 0.19 27.74 27.49 0.25
65 18.21 18.02 0.19 23.28 23.04 0.24
70 14.51 14.35 0.16 18.98 18.75 0.23
75 11.23 11.09 0.14 14.93 14.72 0.21
80 8.39 8.26 0.13 11.23 11.04 0.19
85 6.07 5.95 0.12 8.10 7.95 0.15
90 4.36 4.26 0.10 5.69 5.57 0.12
95 3.21 3.10 0.11 4.02 3.93 0.09
100 2.41 2.28 0.13 2.96 2.84 0.12
   Table 2. Trends of life expectancy 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
Notes:1.Data up to 2000 is based on
complete life tables.
Notes:2.Before 1970, data of Okinawa
prefecture is not included.


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