| TABLE 12. | DECLINE OF MORTALITY BY AGE AND SEX FROM 1955-59 TO 1985-89, PERCENT. |
| Country |
Males | Females | ||||||
| 80-84 | 85-89 | 90-94 | 95-99 | 80-84 | 85-89 | 90-94 | 95-99 | |
| Australia | 20.0 | 20.9 | 13.5 | 11.3 | 28.2 | 27.0 | 18.3 | 11.0 |
| Austria | 20.2 | 19.8 | 17.7 | 16.3 | 29.3 | 23.6 | 16.7 | 16.2 |
| Belgium | 14.5 | 16.5 | 19.6 | 16.3 | 33.3 | 29.1 | 23.8 | 22.7 |
| Czechoslovakia | 1.1 | 8.5 | 10.6 | - 6.6 | 14.2 | 13.7 | 13.2 | 5.6 |
| Denmark | 10.3 | 16.6 | 17.6 | 13.3 | 36.3 | 31.7 | 25.8 | 20.9 |
| England & Wales | 19.0 | 22.1 | 22.0 | 21.1 | 30.8 | 28.6 | 22.9 | 22.0 |
| Estonia | 5.8 | 6.0 | -0.9 | 6.1 | 11.7 | 11.1 | 11.4 | 2.1 |
| Finland | 23.3 | 22.2 | 22.5 | 11.2 | 38.7 | 33.8 | 29.1 | 17.0 |
| France | 27.8 | 25.9 | 21.8 | 13.5 | 39.6 | 33.0 | 26.4 | 18.4 |
| Germany East | - 1.7 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 14.5 | 9.3 | 5.5 | 8.7 |
| Germany West | 16.5 | 19.7 | 17.7 | 16.4 | 36.3 | 30.5 | 24.7 | 23.9 |
| Hungary | -0.2 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 6.8 | 17.9 | 14.1 | 14.1 | 10.6 |
| Iceland | 17.6 | 24.8 | 7.7 | 22.0 | 34.4 | 23.4 | 27.5 | 13.4 |
| Ireland | 9.8 | 12.3 | - 2.5 | -9.4 | 24.6 | 22.1 | 10.5 | 8.3 |
| Italy | 12.7 | 15.4 | 12.4 | 19.0 | 31.2 | 24.3 | 17.3 | 18.8 |
| Japan | 38.0 | 31.5 | 29.5 | 22.1 | 48.2 | 39.9 | 31.7 | 27.3 |
| Latvia | -5.3 | 1.0 | 6.2 | -0.8 | 3.6 | -0.6 | -5.4 | - 12.6 |
| Luxemburg | 13.3 | 14.1 | 31.5 | 4.6 | 30.5 | 36.1 | 18.2 | 23.1 |
| Netherlands | 4.9 | 9.1 | 13.3 | 20.5 | 34.3 | 28.7 | 22.0 | 21.6 |
| New Zealand | 7.6 | 9.4 | 1.2 | 11.5 | 21.7 | 19.7 | 7.6 | 16.8 |
| Norway | - 1.7 | 6.0 | 13.1 | 10.6 | 28.7 | 23.0 | 21.4 | 16.1 |
| Poland | -3.2 | - 6.2 | -2.7 | 2.9 | 2.7 | -6.0 | - 5.7 | - 6.7 |
| Portugal | 18.9 | 17.7 | 15.3 | 12.2 | 22.1 | 17.8 | 16.0 | 20.8 |
| Scotland | 16.7 | 17.9 | 15.4 | 15.4 | 32.3 | 29.5 | 24.9 | 28.9 |
| Singapore | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Spain | 26.4 | 25.3 | 19.0 | 25.9 | 32.3 | 23.0 | 9.9 | 12.8 |
| Sweden | 13.9 | 16.0 | 13.3 | 14.6 | 39.1 | 31.0 | 25.7 | 20.7 |
| Switzerland | 26.9 | 28.0 | 15.2 | 13.3 | 44.4 | 37.9 | 27.4 | 20.6 |
| Aggregates: | ||||||||
| - High mortality 3 countries | -0.5 | 3.7 | 4.8 | 0.1 | 15.1 | 11.5 | 9.5 | 8.3 |
| - Medium mortal. 5 countries | 17.8 | 20.5 | 19.8 | 18.3 | 33.5 | 29.3 | 23.5 | 22.5 |
| - Low mortality 4 countries | 8.1 | 13.5 | 15.1 | 16.1 | 36.3 | 30.2 | 25.3 | 21.0 |
| - Rapid decline 2 countries | 27.8 | 26.0 | 21.2 | 13.5 | 40.0 | 33.5 | 26.4 | 18.6 |
| - Western Europe 11 countries | 19.5 | 21.3 | 19.6 | 16.8 | 35.6 | 30.5 | 24.5 | 21.2 |
| Time periods have been substituted for some countries as in Table 6. |