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.