ANNEX TABLE 6. | MORTALITY OF THE ELDERLY IN 1955-59 AND 1985-89. |
Central death rates per 1000 population. The rates for ages 60-79 are based on United Nations Demographic Yearbook, the other rates on the author's data. |
Sex and age | Czechoslovakia1) |
Germany, East | ||||
1955-59 | 1985-89 | Ratio | 1955-59 | 1985-89 | Ratio | |
Males | ||||||
60-64 | 27.06 | 31.20 | 1.153 | 23.58 | 23.00 | 0.975 |
65-69 | 41.94 | 45.30 | 1.080 | 36.78 | 36.60 | 0.995 |
70-74 | 64.98 | 69.02 | 1.062 | 57.88 | 62.95 | 1.087 |
75-79 | 98.78 | 105.67 | 1.070 | 95.10 | 101.35 | 1.066 |
80-84 | 158.7 | 160.9 | 1.014 | 155.3 | 157.9 | 1.017 |
85-89 | 245.0 | 231.7 | 0.946 | 242.2 | 240.8 | 0.994 |
90-94 | 359.6 | 329.9 | 0.917 | 359.5 | 352.9 | 0.982 |
95-99 | 541.2 | 509.8 | 0.942 | 483.4 | 479.2 | 0.991 |
Females | ||||||
60-64 | 13.80 | 13.25 | 0.961 | 13.86 | 11.90 | 0.859 |
65-69 | 24.32 | 22.20 | 0.913 | 24.04 | 20.10 | 0.836 |
70-74 | 43.58 | 40.47 | 0.929 | 43.80 | 37.95 | 0.866 |
75-79 | 76.72 | 69.20 | 0.902 | 80.62 | 66.65 | 0.827 |
80-84 | 133.6 | 119.3 | 0.893 | 137.5 | 117.6 | 0.855 |
85-89 | 212.7 | 193.1 | 0.908 | 218.2 | 197.9 | 0.907 |
90-94 | 318.0 | 294.1 | 0.925 | 320.1 | 302.5 | 0.945 |
95-99 | 449.1 | 442.0 | 0.984 | 479.8 | 438.2 | 0.913 |
1) For Czechoslovakia and the Netherlands, data for 1960-64 are substituted for 1955-59.