Sex difference in mortality.

Life expectancy numbers are female minus male (years)

Age-standardized death rate numbers are male minus female (per 100,000)

 


Year

Life expectancy


ASDR

1900

2.0

167.4

1901

3.0

197.2

1902

3.6

208.1

1903

2.9

198.4

1904

2.9

219.4

1905

2.9

211.7

1906

3.9

248.5

1907

4.3

276.2

1908

3.3

219.4

1909

3.3

216.2

1910

3.4

234.4

1911

3.5

214.3

1912

4.4

228.5

1913

4.7

239.3

1914

4.8

222.3

1915

4.3

206.1

1916

4.7

230.0

1917

5.6

252.3

1918

5.6

358.0

1919

2.5

126.4

1920

1.0

95.7

1921

1.8

105.0

1922

2.6

133.0

1923

2.4

145.3

1924

3.4

168.6

1925

3.0

169.4

1926

2.5

178.6

1927

3.1

185.4

1928

2.7

201.0

1929

2.9

209.9

1930

3.5

215.5

1931

3.7

219.9

1932

2.5

201.3

1933

3.4

219.6

1934

4.0

245.8

1935

4.0

248.2

1936

4.0

271.7

1937

4.4

276.1

1938

3.4

244.2

1939

3.3

247.1

1940

4.4

274.1

1941

3.7

282.1

1942

3.2

287.1

1943

2.0

293.7

1944

3.2

296.7

1945

4.3

314.2

1946

5.0

285.6

1947

5.3

297.9

1948

5.3

306.9

1949

5.5

306.6

1950

5.5

313.2

1951

5.8

321.2

1952

5.8

324.2

1953

6.0

332.2

1954

6.1

319.5

1955

6.1

327.4

1956

6.2

334.8

1957

6.3

344.1

1958

6.3

343.1

1959

6.4

346.4

1960

6.5

358.7

1961

6.6

349.7

1962

6.6

357.0

1963

6.8

372.2

1964

6.8

368.7

1965

6.9

378.2

1966

7.1

387.2

1967

7.2

386.7

1968

7.4

400.9

1969

7.5

396.6

1970

7.6

399.1

1971

7.6

390.0

1972

7.7

400.0

1973

7.7

400.0

1974

7.7

380.0

1975

7.8

374.7

1976

7.7

365.9

1977

7.7

359.5

1978

7.7

354.0

1979

7.8

345.5

1980

7.4

344.6

1981

7.4

333.0

1982

7.3

322.3

1983

7.1

316.9

1984

7.1

311.1

1985

7.1

312.7

1986

7.0

308.6

1987

6.9

302.2

1988

6.9

300.0

1989

6.8

292.0

1990

7.0

289.6

1991

6.9

283.4

1992

6.8

275.7

1993

6.6

276.6

1994

6.7

269.4

1995

6.4

261.1

1996

6.0

242.7

1997

5.8

227.1

1998

5.7

216.9