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_be | Belgium | 1946 | |
| LE_de | Germany (re-united) | 1963 | |
| LE_dee | Germany (former East) | 1956 | before 1991: COE DY 2003 |
| LE_dew | Germany (former West) | 1956 | |
| LE_dk | Denmark | 1946 | |
| LE_eu9* | EU-9 | 1973 | |
| LE_fr | France | 1946 | |
| LE_gr | Greece | 1961 | COE DY 2003 |
| LE_ie | Ireland | 1961 | COE DY 2003 |
| LE_it | Italy | 1946 | |
| LE_jp | Japan | 1950 | |
| LE_lu | Luxemburg | 1971 | COE DY 2003 |
| LE_nl | Netherlands | 1946 | |
| LE_pt | Portugal | 1960 | COE DY 2003 |
| LE_sp | Spain | 1946 | |
| LE_uk | UK (Great Britain) | 1946 | |
| LE_us | USA | 1948 |
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