Health: Key tables from OECD - ISSN 2075-8480 - © OECD 2009
| Life expectancy at birth, females | |||||||||
| Years | |||||||||
2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | ||
Australia | 82.4 | 82.6 | 82.8 | 83.0 | 83.3 | 83.5 | 83.7 | .. | |
Austria | 81.5 | 81.7 | 81.6 | 82.1 | 82.2 | 82.7 | 82.9 | .. | |
Belgium | 81.2 | 81.2 | 81.1 | 81.8 | 81.9 | 82.3 | 82.6 | .. | |
Canada | 82.1 | 82.1 | 82.4 | 82.6 | 82.7 | 83.0 | .. | .. | |
Czech Republic | 78.6 | 78.7 | 78.6 | 79.2 | 79.3 | 79.9 | 80.2 | .. | |
Denmark | 79.3 | 79.4 | 79.8 | 80.2 | 80.5 | 80.7 | 80.6 | .. | |
Finland | 81.7 | 81.6 | 81.9 | 82.5 | 82.5 | 83.1 | 83.1 | .. | |
France | 82.9 | 83.0 | 82.9 | 83.8 | 83.7 | 84.1 | |||
Germany | 81.5 | 81.3 | 81.3 | 81.9 | 82.0 | 82.4 | 82.7 | .. | |
Greece | 81.0 | 81.1 | 81.3 | 81.5 | 81.7 | 82.0 | 82.0 | .. | |
Hungary | 76.4 | 76.7 | 76.7 | 76.9 | 76.9 | 77.4 | 77.3 | .. | |
Iceland | 82.2 | 82.5 | 82.7 | 82.7 | 83.1 | 83.0 | 82.9 | .. | |
Ireland | 79.9 | 80.5 | 80.8 | 81.4 | 81.8 | 82.2 | 82.1 | .. | |
Italy | 83.1 | 83.2 | 82.8 | 83.8 | 83.6 | 84.2 | .. | .. | |
Japan | 84.9 | 85.2 | 85.3 | 85.6 | 85.5 | 85.8 | 86.0 | .. | |
Korea | 80.0 | 80.5 | 80.8 | 81.4 | 81.9 | 82.4 | 82.7 | .. | |
Luxembourg | 80.7 | 81.5 | 80.9 | 82.4 | 82.3 | 81.9 | 82.2 | .. | |
Mexico | 76.7 | 76.8 | 77.0 | 77.0 | 77.1 | 77.2 | 77.4 | 77.5 | |
Netherlands | 80.7 | 80.7 | 80.9 | 81.4 | 81.6 | 81.9 | 82.3 | .. | |
New Zealand | 81.1 | 82.2 | 82.2 | .. | |||||
Norway | 81.7 | 81.6 | 82.1 | 82.6 | 82.7 | 82.9 | 82.9 | .. | |
Poland | 78.3 | 78.7 | 78.8 | 79.2 | 79.4 | 79.6 | 79.7 | .. | |
Portugal | 80.5 | 80.6 | 80.6 | 81.5 | 81.3 | 82.3 | 82.2 | .. | |
Slovak Republic | 77.7 | 77.7 | 77.8 | 77.8 | 77.9 | 78.2 | 78.1 | .. | |
Spain | 83.2 | 83.2 | 83.0 | 83.7 | 83.7 | 84.4 | 84.3 | .. | |
Sweden | 82.1 | 82.1 | 82.5 | 82.7 | 82.8 | 82.9 | 83.0 | .. | |
Switzerland | 83.2 | 83.2 | 83.2 | 83.8 | 84.0 | 84.2 | 84.4 | .. | |
Turkey | 73.5 | 73.9 | 74.3 | 74.6 | 75.0 | 75.3 | 75.6 | .. | |
United Kingdom | 80.5 | 80.6 | 80.5 | 81.0 | 81.2 | 81.7 | .. | .. | |
United States | 79.8 | 79.9 | 80.1 | 80.4 | 80.4 | 80.7 | .. | .. | |
| Last updated: 8 June 2010 | |||||||||
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| Source: OECD health data 2009 - selected data: OECD Health Statistics (database) | |||||||||