Table 26.  FEMALE ADVANTAGE IN LIFE EXPECTANCY AT 80 AND FEMALE AGE DELAY.

Country

e (80)

F-M

Female age delay
Mean

80-94

80-84 85-89 90-94
 England & Wales 1.89 3.74 4.5 3.7 3.1
 Netherlands 1.82 3.08 4.1 3.0 2.1
 Scotland 1.79 4.20 4.5 3.7 4.4
 France 1.73 3.02 3.6 2.9 2.5
 New Zealand 1.70 3.46 3.9 3.3 3.0
           
 Sweden 1.69 2.99 3.5 2.9 2.4
 Denmark 1.64 2.86 3.8 2.6 2.1
 Switzerland 1.63 2.80 3.4 2.7 2.2
 Australia 1.61 3.25 3.8 3.5 2.5
 Norway 1.58 2.73 3.5 2.6 2.0
           
 Belgium 1.56 2.97 3.6 2.8 2.4
 Japan 1.55 2.59 3.2 2.6 1.8
 Iceland 1.49 2.95 2.8 2.8 3.2
 Germany, West 1.45 2.82 3.4 2.6 2.4
 Finland 1.41 2.76 3.4 2.5 2.3
           
 Italy 1.34 2.41 3.1 2.2 1.8
 Portugal 1.17 2.68 2.6 2.6 2.6
 Austria 1.13 1.96 2.7 1.8 1.3
 Estonia 1.13 2.33 3.0 2.6 1.4
 Poland 1.08 2.01 2.8 2.0 1.2
           
 Latvia 1.07 2.06 2.9 2.0 1.2
 Spain 1.05 2.13 2.5 2.0 1.9
 Czechoslovakia 1.04 2.21 2.9 2.0 1.6
 Hungary 1.03 2.31 2.8 2.1 1.8
 Germany, East 1.01 2.21 2.6 2.1 1.9