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82 Life expectancy at birth. Selected countries. Women
  1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Norway 76.0 77.5 79.2 79.8 81.5 81.6 81.6 82.1 82.5 82.7 82.9 82.9 83.2 83.2 83.3 83.6
Denmark 74.4 75.9 77.3 77.7 79.2 79.3 79.4 79.8 80.2 80.5 80.7 80.6 81.0 81.1 81.4 81.9
Finland 72.5 75.0 77.6 78.9 81.2 81.7 81.6 81.9 82.5 82.5 83.1 83.1 83.3 83.5 83.5 83.8
Iceland 76.4 77.3 80.1 80.5 81.6 83.2 82.5 82.5 83.2 83.5 82.9 83.4 83.3 83.8 84.1 84.1
Sweden 74.9 77.1 78.8 80.4 82.0 82.2 82.1 82.5 82.8 82.9 83.1 83.1 83.3 83.5 83.6 83.8
                                 
Belgium 73.5 74.2 76.8 79.4 81.0 81.2 81.2 81.1 81.9 81.9 82.3 82.6 82.6 82.8 83.0 83.2
France 73.6 75.9 78.4 80.9 83.0 83.0 83.0 82.7 83.8 83.8 84.5 84.8 84.8 85.0 85.3 85.7
Greece 72.4 73.8 76.8 79.5 80.6 81.0 81.1 81.2 81.3 81.6 81.9 81.8 82.3 82.7 82.8 83.1
Ireland 71.9 73.5 75.6 77.6 79.2 79.9 80.5 80.8 81.3 81.6 82.1 82.1 82.4 82.7 83.2 82.8
Italy 72.3 74.9 77.4 80.1 82.8 83.1 83.2 82.8 83.8 83.6 84.2 84.2 84.5 84.6 85.0 85.3
Netherlands 75.3 76.5 79.3 80.9 80.7 80.8 80.7 81.0 81.5 81.7 82.0 82.5 82.5 82.9 83.0 83.1
Poland 70.6 73.3 75.4 76.3 78.0 78.4 78.8 78.8 79.2 79.3 79.7 79.8 80.0 80.1 80.7 81.1
Portugal 66.8 70.8 75.2 77.4 80.2 80.5 80.6 80.6 81.5 81.3 82.3 82.2 82.4 82.6 82.8 84.0
Spain 72.2 74.8 78.6 80.3 82.9 83.3 83.3 83.1 83.8 83.7 84.5 84.4 84.6 84.9 85.3 85.4
United Kingdom 73.7 75.0 76.2 78.5 80.3 80.5 80.6 80.5 81.2 81.3 81.7 81.8 81.9 82.5 82.6 83.1
Switzerland 74.5 76.9 79.6 80.7 82.8 83.2 83.2 83.2 83.8 84.0 84.2 84.4 84.6 84.6 84.9 85.0
Germany1 72.4 73.6 76.6 78.4 81.2 81.4 81.3 81.3 81.9 82.0 82.4 82.7 82.7 82.8 83.0 83.2
Austria 72.7 73.4 76.0 78.8 81.2 81.7 81.7 81.5 82.1 82.2 82.8 83.1 83.3 83.2 83.5 83.9
United States2 73.1 74.7 77.4 78.8 79.5 79.8 79.9 79.6 79.9 79.9 80.2 80.4 80.6 80.9 81.1 ..
Japan2 70.2 74.7 78.8 81.9 84.6 84.9 85.2 85.3 85.6 85.5 85.8 86.0 86.0 86.4 86.4 ..
1  Including ex-GDR from 1991.
2  Source: OECD.
Source: Eurostat.
More information:  http://www.ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ 

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