Introduction

A life table considers a hypothetical cohort and assumes that it is subject to the age-specific mortality rates realized by an actual population for a particular period. For example, a life table for 2000 assumes a hypothetical cohort subject, throughout its lifetime, to the age-specific mortality rates realized by the actual population for 2000.
We hereby present the Complete Life Tables for Japan 2000. In Japan, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare have prepared two series of life tables ―― the Complete and the Abridged Life Tables. The former have been constructed every five years based on the Annual Vital Statistics and the Population Census. The latter have been on the Provisional Annual Vital Statistics and the Population Estimates. The Complete Life Tables for Japan were first prepared for the period 1891-98 and the life tables presented here are the 19th ones.
After the end of World War II, the improvements in Japanese life expectancies were remarkable in ten years. Since 1955, life expectancy has not increased as much as before, but it has been steadily improved and reached 77.72 years for males and 84.60 years for females in 2000.
The trends in life expectancy since the 1st life tables are shown below.

age	1st 1881-98	2nd 1899-1903	3rd 1909-13	4th 1921-25	5th 1926-30	6th 1935-36	8th 1947	9th 1950-52	10th 1955	11th 1960	12th 1965	13th 1970	14th 1975	15th 1980	16th 1985	17th 1990	18th 1995	19th 2000
Male
0	42.8	43.97	44.25	42.06	44.82	46.92	50.06	59.57	63.60	65.32	67.74	69.31	71.73	73.35	74.78	75.92	76.38	77.72
1	49.2	51.11	51.61	49.14	51.07	51.95	53.74	62.14	65.37	66.56	68.16	69.35	71.53	72.96	74.22	75.30	75.73	76.99
2	50.5	52.04	52.97	50.62	52.35	51.92	54.57	61.86	64.74	65.81	67.31	68.47	70.63	72.03	73.28	74.36	74.78	76.03
3	51.0	52.41	53.23	50.96	52.54	53.02	54.63	61.42	64.04	65.00	66.42	67.55	69.70	71.09	72.33	73.40	73.82	75.06
4	51.0	52.31	53.02	50.81	52.33	52.74	54.23	60.82	63.27	64.15	65.51	66.62	68.75	70.14	71.36	72.43	72.85	74.08
5	50.7	51.90	52.57	50.35	51.85	52.22	53.61	60.10	62.45	63.26	64.57	65.67	67.80	69.17	70.39	71.45	71.87	73.10
10	47.5	48.23	48.82	46.53	47.93	48.25	49.49	55.68	57.89	58.57	59.80	60.85	62.94	64.28	65.47	66.53	66.94	68.15
15	43.4	44.02	44.62	42.31	43.58	43.85	44.93	50.95	53.09	53.74	54.93	55.97	58.03	59.35	60.54	61.58	62.00	63.19
20	39.8	40.35	41.06	39.10	40.18	40.41	40.89	46.43	48.47	49.08	50.18	51.26	53.27	54.56	55.74	56.77	57.16	58.33
25	36.5	37.02	37.84	36.06	37.01	37.35	37.60	42.24	44.09	44.58	45.54	46.58	48.54	49.79	50.97	51.98	52.37	53.52
30	33.0	33.44	34.31	32.59	33.43	33.89	34.23	38.10	39.70	40.07	40.90	41.90	43.78	45.00	46.16	47.16	47.55	48.69
35	29.4	29.73	30.58	28.87	29.61	30.10	30.62	33.87	35.27	35.52	36.28	37.24	39.05	40.22	41.36	42.35	42.74	43.89
40	25.7	26.03	26.82	25.13	25.74	26.22	26.88	29.65	30.85	31.02	31.73	32.68	34.41	35.52	36.63	37.58	37.96	39.13
45	22.2	22.42	23.14	21.49	22.02	22.43	23.12	25.52	26.52	26.61	27.28	28.22	29.92	30.94	32.01	32.92	33.28	34.45
50	18.8	18.97	19.61	18.02	18.49	18.85	19.44	21.54	22.41	22.39	23.00	23.88	25.56	26.57	27.56	28.40	28.75	29.91
55	15.7	15.73	16.30	14.77	15.21	15.55	15.97	17.79	18.54	18.45	18.94	19.76	21.35	22.35	23.36	24.06	24.41	25.58
60	12.8	12.76	13.28	11.87	12.23	12.55	12.83	14.36	14.97	14.84	15.20	15.93	17.38	18.31	19.34	20.01	20.28	21.44
65	10.2	10.14	10.58	9.31	9.64	9.89	10.16	11.35	11.82	11.62	11.88	12.50	13.72	14.56	15.52	16.22	16.48	17.54
70	8.0	7.89	8.26	7.11	7.43	7.62	7.93	8.82	9.13	8.85	8.99	9.56	10.53	11.18	12.00	12.66	12.97	13.97
75	6.2	6.00	6.31	5.31	5.61	5.72	6.09	6.73	6.97	6.60	6.63	7.14	7.85	8.34	8.93	9.50	9.81	10.75
80	4.8	4.44	4.70	3.87	4.15	4.20	4.62	5.04	5.25	4.91	4.81	5.26	5.70	6.08	6.51	6.88	7.13	7.96
85	3.7	3.19	3.40	2.77	3.02	3.03	3.46	3.72	3.90	3.69	3.51	3.82	4.14	4.39	4.64	4.93	5.05	5.76
90	2.6	2.22	2.38	1.95	2.17	2.14	2.56	2.70	2.87	2.69	2.56	2.75	3.05	3.17	3.28	3.51	3.58	4.10
Female
0	44.3	44.85	44.73	43.20	46.54	49.63	53.96	62.97	67.75	70.19	72.92	74.66	76.89	78.76	80.48	81.90	82.85	84.60
1	50.1	51.17	51.24	49.42	52.10	54.07	57.40	65.25	69.34	71.17	73.13	74.52	76.56	78.29	79.89	81.25	82.17	83.86
2	51.3	52.06	52.55	50.86	53.37	55.02	58.30	65.01	68.70	70.39	72.26	73.62	75.65	77.35	78.95	80.30	81.21	82.89
3	51.7	52.44	52.83	51.22	53.59	55.13	58.42	64.58	68.00	69.57	71.35	72.69	74.71	76.40	77.98	79.33	80.25	81.92
4	51.8	52.36	52.61	51.12	53.43	54.89	58.06	64.00	67.24	68.69	70.42	71.75	73.75	75.43	77.01	78.35	79.27	80.93
5	51.5	51.97	52.16	50.71	53.00	54.40	57.45	63.28	66.41	67.79	69.47	70.78	72.78	74.46	76.03	77.37	78.29	79.95
10	48.1	48.34	48.51	47.00	49.18	50.47	53.31	58.82	61.78	63.04	64.62	65.91	67.87	69.53	71.08	72.42	73.34	74.98
15	44.2	44.36	44.67	43.12	45.11	46.33	48.81	54.10	56.96	58.17	59.71	60.99	62.94	64.58	66.13	67.46	68.39	70.01
20	40.8	41.06	41.67	40.38	42.12	43.22	44.87	49.58	52.25	53.39	54.85	56.11	58.04	59.66	61.20	62.54	63.46	65.08
25	37.6	38.02	38.38	37.72	39.23	40.23	41.48	45.35	47.73	48.74	50.06	51.30	53.19	54.77	56.30	57.63	58.56	60.16
30	34.4	34.84	35.72	34.69	35.98	36.88	37.95	41.20	43.25	44.10	45.31	46.50	48.35	49.90	51.41	52.73	53.65	55.26
35	31.1	31.54	32.42	31.44	32.53	33.30	34.24	36.99	38.78	39.48	40.58	41.73	43.53	45.04	46.54	47.84	48.77	50.37
40	27.8	28.19	29.03	28.09	29.01	29.65	30.39	32.77	34.34	34.90	35.91	37.01	38.76	40.23	41.72	43.00	43.91	45.52
45	24.4	24.71	25.49	24.58	25.39	25.91	26.52	28.58	29.95	30.39	31.31	32.37	34.06	35.49	36.96	38.22	39.12	40.73
50	20.8	21.11	21.84	20.95	21.67	22.15	22.64	24.47	25.70	26.03	26.85	27.84	29.46	30.84	32.28	33.51	34.43	36.01
55	17.4	17.61	18.31	17.43	18.09	18.54	18.92	20.53	21.61	21.83	22.54	23.47	25.00	26.30	27.71	28.90	29.82	31.40
60	14.2	14.32	14.99	14.12	14.68	15.07	15.39	16.81	17.72	17.83	18.42	19.27	20.68	21.89	23.24	24.39	25.31	26.85
65	11.4	11.35	11.94	11.10	11.58	11.88	12.22	13.36	14.13	14.10	14.56	15.34	16.56	17.68	18.94	20.03	20.94	22.42
70	8.8	8.77	9.28	8.44	8.88	9.04	9.41	10.34	10.95	10.78	11.09	11.75	12.78	13.73	14.89	15.87	16.76	18.19
75	6.7	6.61	7.09	6.21	6.59	6.62	7.03	7.76	8.28	8.01	8.11	8.70	9.47	10.24	11.19	12.06	12.88	14.19
80	5.1	4.85	5.26	4.41	4.73	4.67	5.09	5.64	6.12	5.88	5.80	6.27	6.76	7.33	8.07	8.72	9.47	10.60
85	3.9	3.45	3.77	3.04	3.30	3.17	3.58	3.97	4.42	4.26	4.19	4.46	4.76	5.12	5.60	6.10	6.67	7.61
90	2.7	2.36	2.61	2.04	2.24	2.09	2.45	2.72	3.12	2.99	2.96	3.26	3.39	3.55	3.82	4.18	4.64	5.29