§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the life expectancy of males and females in England and Wales for the period 1971 to 1979.
§ Sir George YoungThe following figures are based on mortality during a period of three years rather than one year in order to reduce the effect of short-term fluctuations. Later figures are not available.
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Expectations of life at birth, England and Wales Mid-year of 3 year period Males Females 1971 68.9 75.2 1972 69.0 75.3 1973 69.3 75.6 1974 69.5 75.7 1975 69.6 75.8 1976 69.9 76.1 1977 70.0 76.2
Numbers of deaths from selected causes, England and Wales 1979 Cause of death Age at death ICD Chapter All ages Under 1 1–4 5–9 10–14 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 Infectious and parasitic diseases M 1281 84 40 10 10 14 16 19 23 23 32 42 F 992 65 41 16 11 11 11 13 18 20 29 27 Diseases of the digestive system M 7258 50 18 10 12 14 29 31 63 93 145 225 F 8997 24 12 6 6 13 10 29 40 42 89 160 Diseases of the genito-urinary system M 3911 18 3 3 3 9 12 17 23 20 23 50 F 4002 8 4 3 — 10 15 17 23 29 28 54 Diseases of the circulatory system M 146765 41 14 19 27 72 81 147 331 708 1512 3346 F 151671 37 9 12 27 30 71 91 152 271 515 1026 Diseases of the respiratory system M 44024 545 88 38 44 65 72 53 86 93 180 329 F 41901 385 80 43 39 40 44 46 67 76 148 246 Injury and poisoning M 12110 141 180 253 271 1194 1101 898 814 642 684 618 F 9043 105 127 98 108 290 263 251 278 262 290 399 Neoplasms M 69204 18 80 141 118 168 164 233 356 479 806 1578 F 60434 17 53 71 90 104 98 206 430 629 1137 2052 Complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium F 74 — — — — 3 14 27 17 10 3 — Other diseases M 13309 3834 218 128 120 191 174 160 172 158 224 273 F 18043 2806 201 119 105 121 109 113 120 134 156 241
Cause of death Age at death ICD Chapter All ages 50–54 55–59 60–64 65–69 70–74 75–79 80–84 85–89 90–94 95+ Infectious and parasitic diseases M 1281 87 106 126 167 178 156 94 41 11 2 F 992 50 67 59 87 118 109 115 74 41 10 Diseases of the digestive system M 7258 363 607 660 1022 1173 1224 820 468 188 43 F 8997 260 443 527 851 1171 1611 1681 1296 579 147 Diseases of the genito-urinary system M 3911 63 154 219 377 676 798 686 499 204 54 F 4002 96 131 175 313 505 737 795 659 300 100 Diseases of the circulatory system M 146765 6488 11555 14271 22381 27657 26158 17210 10052 3870 825 F 151671 2137 4246 6586 12556 21005 29214 31621 25130 12955 3980 Diseases of the respiratory system M 44024 726 1556 2510 5061 7888 9346 7712 4955 2097 580 F 41901 479 911 1298 2328 4178 6719 8768 8630 5400 1976 Injury and poisoning M 12110 672 850 685 713 703 704 498 327 131 31 F 9043 443 494 510 645 801 1050 1087 932 473 137 Neoplasms M 69204 3389 6711 8270 12656 13631 11169 6007 2478 667 85 F 60434 3616 5668 6202 8538 9477 9213 7033 4053 1443 304