WORLD Table 8
Life Expectancy at Birth for 15 Industrialized Nations, 1990
RANK | NATION | TOTAL POP (years) | MEN (years) | WOMEN (years) | |
1 | Japan | 78.9 | 75.9 | 81.8 | |
2 | Iceland | 78.0 | 75.7 | 80.3 | |
3 | Sweden | 77.6 | 74.8 | 80.4 | |
4 | Switzerland | 77.4 | 74.0 | 80.8 | |
5 | Netherlands | 77.0 | 73.8 | 80.1 | |
6 | Australia | 77.0 | 73.9 | 80.0 | |
7 | Norway | 76.6 | 73.4 | 79.8 | |
8 | Canada | 76.4 | 73.0 | 79.7 | |
9 | France | 76.2 | 72.0 | 80.3 | |
10 | Germany, F.R. | 75.5 | 72.2 | 78.7 | |
11 | United States | 75.4 | 72.0 | 78.8 | |
12 | Finland | 75.0 | 70.9 | 78.9 | |
13 | Denmark | 74.9 | 72.0 | 77.7 | |
14 | United Kingdom | 74.8 | 71.9 | 77.6 | |
15 | New Zealand | 74.6 | 71.6 | 77.6 |
NOTE: The sources of data for the different countries range from 1987 to 1990.
SOURCE: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Statistical Bulletin, July - September, 1992.