TABLE 11. ANNUAL DECLINE OF MORTALITY AT AGES 80-99.  CALCULATED FROM THE MEAN FOR THE LAST 5 YEARS RELATIVE TO THE MEAN FOR THE PRECEDING 5 YEARS.
(continued) FEMALES
Country 1955-1959 1960-1964 1965-1969 1970-1974 1975-1979 1980-1984 1985-1989 1990
France 00001 11111 10011 11101 01111 11111 11112 2
Switzerland 0000 01100 00011 01111 22222 22111 11122 2
Belgium 0000 01100 00000 00000 01111 12221 11112 2
Sweden 0001 00000 11111 11122 21110 01111 11111 1
Denmark   000 00011 12332 21111 11100 00010 1
                 
England & Wales   0 00111 11000 00000 01111 11111 1
Scotland   0 11221 11001 10000 01111 10110 1
Netherlands     00001 11000 11222 22221 11100  
Japan     0011 11111 11112 22332 22223 2
Finland     000 11112 22333 33221 11100 0
                 
Norway    

01

 11100 00111 11111 11110 0
Portugal       00000 00000 11111 11000 0
Australia       00000 11112 22222 11110 1
Italy       00012 11000 01111 11122  
Luxemburg       00011 11101 12211 11122  
                 
Germany, West       0000 01111 22222 11121 1
Austria       000 00100 00111 11111 2
Iceland       001 34444 32210 0100+  
Hungary       000 00000 00000 00001 1
Germany, East       00 00100 00000 00000 1
                 
Spain       0 00011 22222 11  
New Zealand       0 00111 12110 0000+ 0
Czechoslovakia         00000 0000+ 00001 1
Ireland         0 01111 11110  
Estonia           0000 000+0 0
0 = less than 1 percent
1 = 1 - 2 percent
2 = 2 - 3 percent
3 = 3 - 4 percent
4 = 4 percent or more
+ = increase
e.g. the third figure for Denmark in 1970-74 is 3. It corresponds to year 1972 and indicates that the death rate in 1968-72 shows a mean annual decline of 3-4 percent in relation to 1963-67.