§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the average life expectancy for males and females in Great Britain and in each of the other member countries of the EEC, Sweden and Switzerland.
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§ Dr. OwenThe expectations of life at birth are given in the following table:
Country Male Female Year Great Britain 68.7 74.9 1970–72 Belgium 67.7 73.5 1959–63 Denmark 70.8 75.7 1969–70 France 68.6 76.1 1970 Federal Republic of Germany 67.6 73.6 1966–68 Republic of Ireland 68.6 72.8 1964–67 Italy 67.9 73.4 1964–67 Netherlands 71.0 76.7 1971 Sweden 71.7 76.5 1969 Switzerland 69.2 75.0 1960–70 Figures for countries other than Great Britain are the latest published and are taken from the United Nations Demographic Year Book 1972. Recent data for Luxembourg are not available.