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. 2022 Dec 23;36:166. doi: 10.47176/mjiri.36.166

Table 1. The trend of life expectancy in Asia, regions of Asia and Iran from 1960 to 2020.

Region Year
1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020
CA 55.71 57.73 59.58 60.98 62.19 63.89 64.25 63.54 64.51 66.35 68.26 70.19 71.66
EA 57.86 60.92 64.62 67.24 69.06 70.78 72.33 73.02 74.25 76.02 77.39 78.75 80.05
SEA 51.12 53.52 55.1 54.64 56.82 61.31 63.52 65.25 67.08 69.15 70.97 72.34 73.81
SA 41.81 44.6 47.15 50.01 52.71 55.28 58.74 61.78 64.61 67.25 69.35 71.09 73.00
WA 54.64 57.78 60.84 63.62 65.89 67.86 69.51 70.83 72.18 73.38 74.3 75.09 76.32
Iran Male 45.71 47.95 50.78 55.41 50.18 48.92 61.65 67.98 69.26 70.44 72.48 74.76 75.78
Female 44.15 47.49 50.94 55.00 59.33 63.16 66.26 68.75 71.13 73.50 75.43 76.92 78.09
Total 44.95 47.73 50.86 55.26 54.11 55.20 63.84 68.38 70.18 71.92 73.91 75.80 76.93
Asia Male 44.36 48.45 53.67 56.79 59.04 61.07 62.73 64.04 65.72 67.45 69.02 70.55 71.69
Female 46.18 50.52 55.94 59.08 61.82 64.05 65.88 67.60 69.27 71.02 73.02 74.84 76.02
Total 45.24 49.46 54.78 57.90 60.39 62.51 64.25 65.75 67.43 69.18 70.95 72.62 73.85

CA (five countries): Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Kyrgyzstan.

EA (eight countries): China, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macau.

SEA (eleven countries): Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor Leste, and Vietnam.

SA (nine countries): Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bhutan, Nepal, Iran, and the Maldives.

WA (eighteen countries): Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Iraq, Oman, Yemen, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates.