TABLE 15. SEX RATIO OF MORTALITY AT AGES 80-99 YEARS.

1985-89

Increase from 1960-64

Netherlands 1.480   Netherlands 0.357
England & Wales 1.473   Luxemburg 0.293
Scotland 1.463   Sweden 0.292
Australia 1.450   Denmark 0.281
Luxemburg 1.450   Norway 0.271
       
France 1.446   Switzerland 0.250
Sweden 1.434   Finland 0.243
Switzerland 1.426   Germany West 0.223
Denmark 1.408   Belgium 0.214
Belgium 1.407   Italy 0.178
       
Japan 1.404   Scotland 0.175
New Zealand 1.398   Ireland 0.167
Norway 1.396   Iceland 0.166
Germany West 1.376   Japan 0.157
Ireland 1.373   France 0.152
       
Italy 1.346   England & Wales 0.150
Finland 1.338   Germany East

0.143

Iceland 1.323   New Zealand 0.122
Singapore 1.299   Hungary 0.121
Portugal 1.294   Australia 0.118
       
Estonia 1.280   Czechoslovakia 0.091
Germany East 1.265   Latvia 0.072
Hungary 1.265   Austria 0.051
Austria 1.263   Estonia 0.039
Czechoslovakia 1.259   Portugal 0.024
       
Poland 1.259   Spain - 0.008
Latvia 1.256   Singapore ...
Spain 1.237   Poland ...
       
Mean of  28 1.360   Mean of  26 0.167