International shortfall inequality in life expectancy in women and in men, 1950–2010
Ahmad Reza Hosseinpoor, Sam Harper, Jennifer H Lee, John Lynch, Colin Mathers & Carla Abou-Zahr
Volume 90, Number 8, August 2012, 588-594
Table 1. Absolute and percentage contribution of each region of the World Health Organization (WHO) or their individual territories to international shortfall inequality in life expectancy at birth, by sex, 19502010
| WHO region/sex | Years (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950–55 | 1955–60 | 1960–65 | 1965–70 | 1970–75 | 1975–80 | 1980–85 | 1985–90 | 1990–95 | 1995–2000 | 2000–05 | 2005–10 | |
| Women | ||||||||||||
| AFR | 2.4 (11) | 2.4 (12) | 2.3 (13) | 2.3 (15) | 2.3 (16) | 2.4 (17) | 2.5 (18) | 2.7 (19) | 2.9 (21) | 3.3 (23) | 3.6 (25) | 3.7 (27) |
| AMR | 1.2 (6) | 1.2 (6) | 1.1 (6) | 1.1 (7) | 1.0 (7) | 1.0 (7) | 1.0 (7) | 1.0 (7) | 0.9 (7) | 0.9 (6) | 0.9 (6) | 0.9 (6) |
| EMR | 1.5 (7) | 1.5 (8) | 1.4 (8) | 1.4 (9) | 1.3 (9) | 1.4 (10) | 1.4 (10) | 1.3 (9) | 1.3 (9) | 1.3 (9) | 1.4 (10) | 1.4 (10) |
| EURa | 0.8 (4) | 0.6 (3) | 0.5 (3) | 0.4 (3) | 0.4 (3) | 0.5 (3) | 0.5 (3) | 0.5 (3) | 0.4 (3) | 0.4 (3) | 0.4 (3) | 0.4 (3) |
| Eastern Europe | 0.5 (2) | 0.3 (2) | 0.2 (1) | 0.2 (1) | 0.2 (1) | 0.3 (2) | 0.4 (3) | 0.4 (3) | 0.5 (4) | 0.5 (4) | 0.5 (4) | 0.5 (3) |
| SEARb | 2.3 (11) | 2.2 (11) | 2.1 (12) | 2.0 (13) | 1.9 (13) | 1.8 (13) | 1.7 (12) | 1.6 (12) | 1.5 (11) | 1.5 (10) | 1.4 (10) | 1.3 (9) |
| India | 5.0 (24) | 4.7 (24) | 4.4 (25) | 4.1 (27) | 3.8 (27) | 3.6 (25) | 3.6 (25) | 3.6 (25) | 3.6 (25) | 3.5 (25) | 3.5 (25) | 3.4 (24) |
| WPRc | 1.1 (5) | 1.0 (5) | 0.9 (5) | 0.8 (5) | 0.7 (5) | 0.7 (5) | 0.6 (4) | 0.6 (4) | 0.5 (4) | 0.5 (3) | 0.4 (3) | 0.4 (3) |
| China | 6.3 (30) | 5.7 (29) | 5.0 (28) | 3.1 (20) | 2.7 (19) | 2.6 (18) | 2.5 (18) | 2.5 (18) | 2.4 (17) | 2.2 (16) | 2.1 (15) | 1.9 (14) |
| International shortfall inequality (years) | 21.0 | 19.4 | 17.9 | 15.3 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 14.2 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 14.1 | 14.1 | 13.8 |
| Men | ||||||||||||
| AFR | 2.1 (11) | 2.1 (12) | 2.1 (13) | 2.0 (16) | 2.0 (17) | 2.1 (17) | 2.2 (18) | 2.3 (20) | 2.5 (21) | 2.7 (24) | 3.0 (26) | 3.1 (27) |
| AMR | 1.1 (6) | 1.0 (6) | 1.1 (7) | 1.0 (8) | 1.0 (9) | 1.0 (8) | 1.0 (8) | 0.9 (8) | 0.9 (8) | 0.7 (6) | 0.8 (7) | 0.7 (6) |
| EMR | 1.3 (7) | 1.2 (7) | 1.2 (8) | 1.1 (9) | 1.1 (9) | 1.1 (9) | 1.1 (9) | 1.1 (9) | 1.1 (9) | 1.0 (9) | 1.1 (9) | 1.1 (10) |
| EURa | 0.7 (3) | 0.5 (3) | 0.5 (3) | 0.4 (3) | 0.5 (4) | 0.5 (4) | 0.5 (4) | 0.4 (4) | 0.4 (4) | 0.4 (3) | 0.4 (3) | 0.3 (3) |
| Eastern Europe | 0.5 (2) | 0.3 (2) | 0.2 (2) | 0.3 (2) | 0.4 (3) | 0.5 (4) | 0.6 (5) | 0.5 (4) | 0.6 (5) | 0.6 (6) | 0.7 (6) | 0.6 (5) |
| SEARb | 2.0 (10) | 1.9 (11) | 1.9 (12) | 1.7 (13) | 1.7 (14) | 1.6 (13) | 1.5 (12) | 1.4 (12) | 1.3 (11) | 1.2 (11) | 1.1 (10) | 1.0 (9) |
| India | 4.3 (22) | 3.9 (23) | 3.7 (23) | 3.3 (26) | 3.1 (25) | 2.9 (24) | 2.8 (23) | 2.8 (24) | 2.9 (24) | 2.8 (25) | 2.9 (25) | 2.9 (25) |
| WPRc | 1.0 (5) | 0.8 (5) | 0.8 (5) | 0.7 (5) | 0.7 (5) | 0.6 (5) | 0.5 (4) | 0.5 (4) | 0.4 (3) | 0.3 (3) | 0.3 (3) | 0.3 (3) |
| China | 6.2 (32) | 5.4 (31) | 4.4 (28) | 2.3 (18) | 1.8 (15) | 1.7 (14) | 1.8 (15) | 1.8 (16) | 1.7 (14) | 1.5 (13) | 1.5 (13) | 1.4 (12) |
| International shortfall Inequality (years) | 19.1 | 17.1 | 15.8 | 12.9 | 12.2 | 12.0 | 12.2 | 11.7 | 11.9 | 11.2 | 11.8 | 11.6 |
AFR, African Region; AMR, Region of the Americas; EMR, Eastern Mediterranean Region; EUR, European Region; SEAR, South-East Asia Region; WPR, Western Pacific Region.
a Excluding eastern Europe.
b Excluding India.
c Excluding China.
Note: Unless otherwise indicated, values represent the absolute number of years contributed by a particular region or territory in a given period, followed, in parentheses, by the percentage contribution to international shortfall inequality in life expectancy at birth during that period. Figures may be affected by rounding.