TABLE 10. | ONSET OF SUSTAINED DECLINE IN OLD-AGE MORTALITY |
Country | Female | Male |
France | 19551) | 19551) |
Switzerland | 1956 | 1967 |
Belgium | 1956 | 1978 |
Sweden | 1956 | 1978 |
Denmark | 1962 | 1984 |
England & Wales | 1964 | 1977 |
Scotland | 1964 | 1977 |
Netherlands | 1965 | 1977 |
Japan | 1966 | 1966 |
Finland | 1967 | 1970 |
Norway | 1968 | 1974 |
Portugal | 1970 | 1970 |
Australia | 1970 | 1975 |
Italy | 1970 | 1978 |
Luxemburg | 1970 | 1979 |
Germany West | 1971 | 1973 |
Austria | 1972 | 1976 |
Iceland | 1972 | 1984 |
Hungary | 1972 | 1985 |
Germany East | 1973 | 1984 |
Spain | 1974 | 1972 |
New Zealand | 1974 | 1973 |
Czechoslovakia | 1975 | 1985 |
Ireland | 1979 | 1978 |
Estonia | 1981 | 1989 |
Mean | 1968 | 1976 |
1) | Or earlier. |
No sustained decline could be determined for Latvia, Poland or Singapore. |