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.
(Back) MALES
Country 1955-1959 1960-1964 1965-1969 1970-1974 1975-1979 1980-1984 1985-1989 1990
France 00001 11100 00101 10001 00000 01111 00011 2
Japan     0011 11111 11112 22221 11111 1
Switzerland     000 01011 11111 11000 01111 1
Finland       00001 11212 11211 11000 0
Portugal       00000 00000 01111 10000 0
                 
Spain       000 00011 22222 11  
Germany, West       00 00000 11111 11111 1
New Zealand       00 00000 00100 10000  
Norway       0 00000 00000 00000 0
Australia         00001 12221 10110 1
                 
Austria         0000 00011 11122 2
England & Wales         000 01001 10111 1
Netherlands         000 01000 0++++ 0
Scotland         000 00000 00110 0
Belgium         00 11100 00011 1
                 
Sweden         00 00000 00000 0
Italy         00 00001 11111  
Ireland         0+ +0000 00000  
Luxemburg         0 00111 10000  
Denmark           0 00000 0
                 
Iceland           0 +0010  
Germany, East           0 +0000 0
Czechoslovakia             00011 1
Hungary             00000 1
Estonia             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