HC Deb 29 July 1976 vol 916 cc410-1W
Mr. John Moore

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in theOfficial Report a table showing for each year since 1945 (a) the average life expectency at birth and (b) the average life expectancy at 10 years of age, of the

Expectation of Life* at
Birth Age 10
Year Males Females Males Females
1945 62.6 68.8 57.1 62.6
1946 64.5 69.4 58.7 62.8
1947 64.5 69.3 58.5 62.7
1948 66.4 71.2 59.8 63.9
1949 66.0 70.6 59.2 63.2
1950 66.5 71.2 59.4 63.6
1951 65.8 70.9 58.7 63.2
1952 67.1 72.5 59.7 64.6
1953 67.3 72.5 59.9 64.6
1954 67.6 73.1 60.0 65.0
1955 67.5 73.0 59.9 65.0
1956 67.8 73.3 60.0 65.2
1957 67.9 73.6 60.1 65.5
1958 68.0 73.7 60.1 65.5
1959 68.1 73.8 60.2 65.6
1960 68.3 74.1 60.4 65.8
1961 68.0 73.8 601 65.6
1962 68.0 74.0 60.1 65.7
1963 67.9 73.8 59.9 65.6
1964 68.6 74.7 60.5 66.4
1965 68.5 74.8 60.4 66.3
1966 68.4 74.7 60.3 66.2
1967 69.0 75.2 60.8 66.8
1968 68.6 74.8 60.5 66.3
1969 68.5 74.8 60.3 66.3
1970 68.8 75.1 60.6 66.6
1971 69.3 75.4 61.0 66.9
1972 68.9 75.1 60.6 66.6
1973 69.1 75.3 60.8 66.7
* From the abridged life tables for England and Wales. Figures are based on annual mortality rates and year to year changes may reflect erratic movements in annual deaths as well as longer term changes in mortality.