§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the life expectancy for(a) men and (b) women in each year since 1979 in each EU country.
Life expectancy 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 (a) Males Belgium 70.0 — — — — — — — — 72.4 72.7 72.8 73.1 Denmark 71.2 71.4 — — 71.6 71.6 71.8 — — 72.0 72.0 72.5 72.6 France 70.2 — — 70.7 — — 71.5 72.0 — 72.5 72.7 72.9 73.2 Germany — — — — — — — — — — 72.0 72.1 72.6 Greece 72.2 — — — — — — — 74.2 — 74.5 74.6 74.6 Ireland — 70.1 — — — — — — — 71.0 72.0 72.2 72.6 Italy 70.6 — — 71.4 71.6 — — — 73.2 — 73.6 73.6 — Luxembourg — 70.0 — — — — 70.6 — — — — 72.0 71.9 Netherlands 72.7 72.7 72.7 — 72.9 73.0 — — — 73.7 73.8 74.0 74.3 Portugal 67.7 — 68.9 — — — 70.2 70.7 — 70.9 70.3 70.2 70.7 Spain 72.5 — — — — — — 73.4 — — 73.3 73.3 — United Kingdom 70.6 70.8 71.1 71.4 71.5 71.7 71.9 72.2 72.4 72.7 72.9 73.2 73.6 (b)Females Belgium 76.8 — — — — — — — — 79.0 79.4 79.5 79.8 Denmark 77.3 77.4 — — 77.5 77.5 77.6 — — 77.7 77.7 78.0 77.9 France 78.4 — — 78.8 — — 79.7 80.3 — 80.7 81.0 81.1 81.5
§ Mr. NelsonThe information requested—as far as it is available from publications of the Statistical Office of the European Communities and the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys—is as follows.
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Life expectancy 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 Germany — — — — — — — — — — 78.2 78.7 79.1 Greece 76.8 — — — — — — — 79.3 — 79.5 79.8 79.8 Ireland — 75.6 — — — — — — — 77.0 77.5 77.7 78.2 Italy 77.4 — — 78.1 78.1 — — — 79.7 — 80.2 80.3 — Luxembourg — 76.7 — — — — 77.9 — — — — 79.1 78.5 Netherlands 79.3 79.3 79.4 — 79.7 79.6 — — — 79.9 80.1 80.1 80.3 Portugal 75.2 — 75.8 — — — 77.1 77.5 — 77.9 77.4 77.5 78.1 Spain 78.6 — — — — — — 80.1 — — 80.3 80.5 — United Kingdom 76.6 76.8 77.0 77.2 77.4 77.5 77.6 77.9 78.0 78.0 78.5 78.6 79.0 In some cases the expectation is given for the two-year period beginning with the year in the table heading and in some cases for the three-year period centred on the year in the heading.