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Life-Expectancy in Nations by Year in data file ‘Trends in Nations’

Life expectancy in a country is the average number of years citizens of a given age are expected to live from birth on if current mortality rates continue to apply.

Code (1)

Nation

Since

Sources
Since 1963: www.mortality.org
Council Of Europe Demographic Yearbook 2003 table 10 (M+F/2)
LE_beBelgium1946
LE_deGermany (re-united)1963
LE_deeGermany (former East)1956before 1991: COE DY 2003
LE_dewGermany (former West)1956
LE_dkDenmark1946
LE_eu9*EU-91973
LE_frFrance1946
LE_grGreece1961COE DY 2003
LE_ieIreland1961COE DY 2003
LE_itItaly1946
LE_jpJapan1950
LE_luLuxemburg1971COE DY 2003
LE_nlNetherlands1946
LE_ptPortugal1960COE DY 2003
LE_spSpain1946
LE_ukUK (Great Britain)1946
LE_usUSA1948

1) Variable codes consist of two elements:
– LE for Life Expectancy in the nation
– Nation code (two digit ISO code e.g., ‘be’ for Belgium)

2) Weighted average: EU-9 (2015) = Belgium x 0.036 + Denmark x 0,018 + France x 0,213 + West-Gernamy x 0,260 + Ireland x 0,015 + Italy x 0,195 + Luxemburg x 0,002 + Netherlands x 0,054 + UK x 0,208

Same variable in data file ‘States of nations’: life expectancy

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