| TABLE 14. | LIFE TABLE AGING RATE k BETWEEN AGES 83 AND 98. |
Country |
Male | Female | Change | |||
| 1960-70 | 1980-90 | 1960 - 70 | 1980 - 90 | Male | Female | |
| Austria | .0768 | .0762 | .0862 | .0953 | -.0006 | .0091 |
| Belgium | .0751 | .0765 | .0869 | .0929 | .0014 | .0060 |
| Czechoslovakia | .0808 | .0758 | .0818 | .0885 | -.0050 | .0067 |
| Denmark | .0902 | .0826 | .0893 | .1011 | -.0076 | .0118 |
| England & Wales | .0756 | .0747 | .0852 | .0930 | -.0009 | .0078 |
| Estonia | .0798 | .0682 | .0802 | .0822 | -.0116 | .0020 |
| Finland | .0721 | .0807 | .0785 | .0911 | .0086 | .0126 |
| France | .0750 | .0856 | .0888 | .1036 | .0106 | .0148 |
| Germany, East | .0888 | .0795 | .0920 | .0892 | -.0093 | -.0028 |
| Germany, West | .0777 | .0766 | .0850 | .0928 | -.0011 | .0078 |
| Hungary | .0833 | .0695 | .0895 | .0857 | -.0138 | -.0038 |
| Iceland | .0847 | .0891 | .0875 | .0949 | .0044 | .0074 |
| Japan | .0684 | .0829 | .0845 | .1032 | .0145 | .0187 |
| Netherlands | .0840 | .0775 | .0896 | .1000 | -.0065 | .0104 |
| New Zealand | .0767 | .0819 | .0913 | .0924 | .0052 | .0011 |
| Norway | .0837 | .0813 | .0921 | .0995 | -.0024 | .0074 |
| Portugal | .0738 | .0807 | .0789 | .0876 | .0069 | .0087 |
| Scotland | .0775 | .0750 | .0798 | .0816 | -.0025 | .0018 |
| Sweden | .0854 | .0855 | .0871 | .1023 | .0001 | .0152 |
| Switzerland | .0818 | .0858 | .0894 | .1010 | .0040 | .0116 |
| Mean | .0796 | .0792 | .0860 | .0938 | -.0004 | .0078 |
| Standard deviation | .0057 | .0059 | .0048 | .0071 | .0002 | .0023 |