| TABLE 7. | AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATES 80-99 YEARS IN GROUPS OF |
| COUNTRIES |
| Sex and period |
Low mortality group |
Rapid decline group |
Medium mortality group |
High mortality group |
Western Europe |
Males |
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| 1950-54 | 175.18 | 206.70 | … | … | ... |
| 1955-59 | 169.31 | 196.48 | 196.46 | 201.57 | 192.73 |
| 1960-64 | 169.81 | 188.21 | 193.19 | 203.36 | 188.73 |
| 1965-69 | 163.97 | 179.33 | 189.47 | 204.94 | 183.28 |
| 1970-74 | 158.56 | 170.16 | 186.93 | 203.00 | 178.51 |
| 1975-79 | 155.89 | 165.99 | 182.43 | 204.35 | 174.34 |
| 1980-84 | 151.87 | 157.76 | 171.52 | 206.68 | 165.08 |
| 1985-89 | 150.35 | 145.63 | 160.85 | 198.33 | 155.20 |
Females |
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| 1950-54 | 163.95 | 165.65 | … | … | ... |
| 1955-59 | 153.73 | 155.39 | 162.07 | 180.28 | 158.96 |
| 1960-64 | 150.25 | 146.65 | 157.71 | 178.62 | 153.63 |
| 1965-69 | 139.99 | 137.74 | 151.06 | 175.33 | 145.87 |
| 1970-74 | 129.01 | 129.26 | 145.80 | 172.44 | 138.95 |
| 1975-79 | 117.90 | 120.49 | 136.85 | 168.45 | 129.77 |
| 1980-84 | 108.65 | 112.57 | 124.46 | 165.27 | 119.05 |
| 1985-89 | 104.36 | 100.81 | 114.17 | 156.99 | 109.13 |
| Low-mortality group: | Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden. |
| Rapid-decline group: | France, Switzerland. |
| Medium-mortality group: | Austria, Belgium, England & Wales, Finland, Germany (West). |
| High-mortafity group: | Czechoslovakia, Germany (East), Hungary. |
| Western Europe: | Aggregate of the three first-mentioned groups. |