| TABLE 8. | RANKING OF COUNTRIES ACCORDING TO MORTALITY AT |
| AGES 80-99 IN 1955-59. BOTH SEXES. |
| 1955-59 | 1985-89 | ||
| Iceland | 140.8 | Iceland | 105.0 |
| Norway | 145.5 | Japan | 111.2 |
| Netherlands | 151.9 | Switzerland | 114.0 |
| Italy | 161.4 | France | 115.9 |
| Denmark | 162.3 | Netherlands | 118.2 |
| Sweden | 163.2 | Sweden | 119.3 |
| England & Wales | 167.8 | Norway | 119.9 |
| France | 168.7 | Denmark | 120.2 |
| Ireland | 171.5 | England & Wales | 125.2 |
| Switzerland | 172.6 | Italy | 126.1 |
| Belgium | 175.1 | Belgium | 131.5 |
| Portugal | 178.6 | Germany West | 132.3 |
| Germany, West | 179.3 | Finland | 134.6 |
| Austria | 181.8 | Scotland | 137.8 |
| Japan | 183.4 | Luxemburg | 139.3 |
| Scotland | 184.0 | Austria | 139.8 |
| Germany East | 185.0 | Ireland | 142.5 |
| Hungary | 185.9 | Portugal | 144.6 |
| Luxemburg | 186.3 | Hungary | 168.4 |
| Czechoslovakia | 190.3 | Czechoslovakia | 170.6 |
| Finland | 193.9 | Germany, East | 171.8 |
| The following periods were substituted: Iceland 1961-64 for 1955-59; Netherlands 1960-64 for 1955-59. |