HC Deb 17 March 1977 vol 928 c262W
Mr. Grocott

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the life expectancy at birth for men and women in each of the following years: 1900, 1920, 1940, 1960 and 1975.

Mr. Moyle

The available information on expectations of life at birth (in years) for males and females is as follows:

Males Females
1901–1910 48.5 52.4
1920–1922 55.6 59.6
1930–1932 58.7 62.9
1950–1952 66.4 71.5
1960–1962 68.1 74.0
1972–1974 69.2 75.6

The figures are based on the mortality experience during the periods shown, and do not therefore represent the expectations of life of people who were born in those years.

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