| TABLE 8. | INCREASE IN LIFE EXPECTANCY AT AGE 80 FROM 1950-60 TO 1980-90, YEARS. |
| 19 countries with good quality data. |
Country1 |
Both sexes |
Male |
Female |
Japan |
2.21 |
1.76 |
2.45 |
Switzerland |
1.87 |
1.23 |
2.22 |
France |
1.74 |
1.28 |
1.99 |
Finland |
1.67 |
1.07 |
1.99 |
Sweden |
1.55 |
0.71 |
2.01 |
Denmark |
1.49 |
0.62 |
1.96 |
Iceland |
1.46 |
0.87 |
1.78 |
Scotland |
1.32 |
0.85 |
1.58 |
Germany West |
1.30 |
0.69 |
1.62 |
England & Wales |
1.29 |
0.72 |
1.59 |
Belgium |
1.29 |
0.72 |
1.59 |
Luxembourg |
1.13 |
0.60 |
1.42 |
Austria |
1.11 |
0.79 |
1.29 |
Netherlands |
1.09 |
0.31 |
1.52 |
Norway |
0.92 |
0.14 |
1.34 |
Italy |
0.92 |
0.42 |
1.19 |
Hungary |
0.65 |
0.23 |
0.88 |
Czechoslovakia |
0.47 |
0.12 |
0.65 |
Germany East |
0.37 |
0.00 |
0.57 |