HC Deb 12 May 1952 vol 500 c84W
78. Mr. Chetwynd

asked the Minister of Health the expectation of life of a man at 21, 45 and 65 years of age, and a woman at 21, 40 and 60 years of age today, as compared with 1925 and 1939.

Mr. Iain MacLeod

The information is as follows:

Sex: Age Expectation of Life
1950 1920– 1930– 1939
Males
20 49.8 45.78 46.81 47.8
45 26.8 25.22 25.51 25.7
65 12.0 11.36 11.30 11.4
Females
20 54.0 48.73 49.88 51.2
40 35.3 31.86 32.55 33.4
60 18.1 16.22 16.50 16.9
Figures for 1925 are not available. The nearest are those taken from English Life Tables Nos. 9 and 10, which are based on Census populations for 1921 and 1931 and the deaths for 1920–1922 and 1930–1932. The figures for 1939 and 1950 are based on the estimated populations and the registered deaths for the years in question.
As figures for age 21 are not available for all the years concerned, figures for age 20 have been given.
All the figures relate to England and Wales only