Table 7
International comparisons of life expectancy at birth, by sex, selected years

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  Years Life expectancy
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.