§ Mrs. Margaret EwingTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the life expectancy rates for each year between 1985–86 and 1990–91 for males and females for(a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales, (d) Northern 129W Ireland, (e) Great Britain and (f) each of the member states of the European Community; and what information he has on (i) Finland, (ii) Norway, (iii) Sweden and (iv) Switzerland for the same period.
Expectation of life at birth (years) in the calendar years 1985–90 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 Males Scotland 69.9 70.0 70.4 70.4 70.5 71.1 England 71.9 72.1 72.5 72.6 72.9 73.2 Wales 71.0 71.3 71.8 72.3 72.3 72.7 Northern Ireland 70.2 70.3 70.9 70.7 71.3 71.8 Great Britain 71.7 71.9 72.3 72.4 72.6 72.9 Belgium — — — — 72.4 — Denmark 71.6 71.7 — — 72.0 — France 71.3 71.5 72.0 — 72.5 — Germany 71.5 — — — 72.6 — Greece — — — 74.2 — — Ireland 70.4 — — — 71.0 — Italy — — — 73.2 — — Luxembourg 70.6 70.6 — — — — Netherlands 73.0 — — — 73.7 — Portugal — 70.2 70.7 — 70.9 — Spain 72.5 — 73.4 — — — United Kingdom 71.7 71.9 72.3 72.4 72.6 72.9 Finland — 70.5 — — — — Norway — — 72.8 — — — Sweden — — 74.2 — — — Switzerland — — — 73.9 — — Females Scotland 75.7 76.1 76.4 76.6 76.1 76.8 England 77.5 77.8 78.1 78.1 78.2 78.6 Wales 77.0 77.4 77.7 78.0 77.8 78.6 Northern Ireland 76.3 76.5 770 76.7 77.1 77.4 Great Britain 77.3 77.6 77.9 78.0 78.0 78.4 Belgium — — — — 79.0 — Denmark 77.5 77.6 — — 77.7 — France 79.5 79.7 80.3 — 80.7 — Germany 78.1 — — — 79.0 — Greece — — — 79.3 — — Ireland 76.0 — — 79.7 — — Italy 77.3 — — 79.7 — — Luxembourg — 77.9 — — — — Netherlands 79.6 — — — 79.9 — Portugal — 77.1 77.5 — 77.9 — Spain 78.6 — 80.1 — — — United Kingdom 77.3 77.6 77.9 78.0 78.0 78.4 Finland — 78.7 — — — — Norway — — 79.6 — — — Sweden — — 80.2 — — — Switzerland — — — 80.7 — — sources: Government Actuary's Department and United Nations and EC publications.