Table 7
International comparisons of life expectancy at birth, by sex, selected years
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Years | Life expectancy | |||
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Both sexes | Males | Females | ||
Circumpolar region and First Nations of Canada | ||||
Inuit-inhabited areas of Canada | 1991 (1989 to 1993) | 68 | 66 | 70 |
1996 (1994 to 1998) | 68 | 65 | 71 | |
2001 (1999 to 2003) | 67 | 64 | 70 | |
First Nations of Canada | 2001 ( projected ) | 73 | 70 | 76 |
Greenland (total population) | 2001 (1999 to 2003) | 67 | 64 | 70 |
Alaska natives | 1996 (1994 to 1998) | 69 | .. | .. |
Developed countries | ||||
Japan | 2001 | 81 | 78 | 85 |
Canada | 2001 | 79 | 77 | 82 |
Portugal | 2001 | 77 | 73 | 80 |
United States | 2001 | 77 | 74 | 80 |
Mexico | 2001 | 74 | 72 | 77 |
Turkey | 2001 | 69 | 67 | 71 |
Developing countries | ||||
Armenia | 2001 | 70 | 66 | 73 |
Nicaragua | 2001 | 70 | 67 | 72 |
Thailand | 2001 | 69 | 66 | 72 |
Dominican Republic | 2001 | 67 | 64 | 71 |
Egypt | 2001 | 67 | 65 | 68 |
Guatemala | 2001 | 66 | 64 | 69 |
Bangladesh | 2001 | 62 | 62 | 62 |
Pakistan | 2001 | 61 | 61 | 61 |
Gambia | 2001 | 59 | 56 | 61 |
Nepal | 2001 | 58 | 58 | 58 |
Notes: According to the 2000 US census, 47% of Alaska natives were "Eskimo" (Inuit) (Ogunwole, 2002). According to Statistics Greenland, in 2001, 88% of the population of Greenland was born in Greenland (Statbank Greenland, accessed 28 April 2007). | ||||
Data sources: Inuit-inhabited areas from census populations and Canadian Mortality Data Base; Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, 2005; Statistics Greenland, 2003; Alaska Bureau of Statistics, 2000; World Health Organization, 2005. | ||||
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2008, "Life expectancy in the Inuit-inhabited areas of Canada, 1989 to 2003", Health Reports, Vol. 19, No. 1, catalogue number 82-003-XWE. |
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