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 | Hungary |
Netherlands1) | ||||
1955-59 | 1985-89 | Ratio | 1955-59 | 1985-89 | Ratio | |
Males | ||||||
60-64 | 25.10 | 33.02 | 1.316 | 20.04 | 18.05 | 0.902 |
65-69 | 39.32 | 44.76 | 1.138 | 31.32 | 30.12 | 0.962 |
70-74 | 61.40 | 67.56 | 1.100 | 46.94 | 48.87 | 1.041 |
75-79 | 99.10 | 100.56 | 1.015 | 76.78 | 78.60 | 1.024 |
80-84 | 157.5 | 157.8 | 1.002 | 126.3 | 120.1 | 0.951 |
85-89 | 243.8 | 231.6 | 0.950 | 198.6 | 180.5 | 0.909 |
90-94 | 356.4 | 340.8 | 0.956 | 304.1 | 263.6 | 0.867 |
95-99 | 479.5 | 447.0 | 0.932 | 448.2 | 356.4 | 0.795 |
Females | ||||||
60-64 | 16.40 | 14.60 | 0.890 | 10.60 | 8.10 | 0.764 |
65-69 | 28.70 | 23.18 | 0.808 | 18.90 | 12.92 | 0.684 |
70-74 | 49.64 | 40.18 | 0.809 | 34.74 | 22.12 | 0.637 |
75-79 | 86.26 | 67.02 | 0.777 | 62.88 | 39.62 | 0.630 |
80-84 | 144.1 | 118.3 | 0.821 | 110.7 | 72.7 | 0.657 |
85-89 | 220.9 | 189.7 | 0.859 | 179.4 | 128.0 | 0.713 |
90-94 | 335.1 | 287.8 | 0.859 | 274.5 | 214.2 | 0.780 |
95-99 |
470.4 | 420.7 | 0.894 | 408.6 | 320.4 | 0.784 |
1) For Czechoslovakia and the Netherlands, data for 1960-64 are substituted for 1955-59.