Table 1.
Life expectancy at birth (years) and changes in the EU member states (plus the U.K.) due to mortality from cardiovascular disease and specific cancer types
| A – men | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life expectancies at birth in years | Life expectancy changes by causes of deaths in years | ||||||||||
| Country | 1995–1999 | 2015–2019 | difference | CVD | Cancer | Other cancers | Stomach | Colorectal | Lung | Prostate | Lymph. & Haemato. |
| Founding EU countries | |||||||||||
| Austria | 74.04 | 79.19 | 5.15 | 2.75 | 1.00 | 0.19 | 0.14 | 0.19 | 0.30 | 0.12 | 0.06 |
| Belgium | 74.03 | 79.03 | 5.00 | 1.81 | 1.45 | 0.59 | 0.07 | 0.12 | 0.46 | 0.14 | 0.06 |
| Denmark | 73.49 | 79.06 | 5.57 | 2.26 | 1.14 | 0.29 | 0.02 | 0.17 | 0.42 | 0.11 | 0.13 |
| Finland | 73.31 | 78.76 | 5.45 | 2.59 | 0.78 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.02 | 0.33 | 0.12 | 0.11 |
| France | 74.42 | 79.42 | 5.00 | 1.47 | 1.44 | 0.72 | 0.06 | 0.11 | 0.33 | 0.14 | 0.09 |
| Germany | 73.86 | 78.49 | 4.63 | 2.26 | 1.02 | 0.56 | 0.11 | 0.16 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.02 |
| Greece | 75.23 | 78.71 | 3.48 | 1.81 | 0.39 | 0.15 | 0.06 | -0.04 | 0.14 | 0.04 | 0.03 |
| Ireland | 73.20 | 80.07 | 6.87 | 3.16 | 1.07 | 0.33 | 0.09 | 0.17 | 0.25 | 0.13 | 0.09 |
| Italy | 75.45 | 80.70 | 5.25 | 1.92 | 1.32 | 0.55 | 0.14 | 0.09 | 0.40 | 0.08 | 0.06 |
| Luxembourg | 73.60 | 79.79 | 6.19 | 2.34 | 1.57 | 0.81 | 0.10 | 0.14 | 0.37 | 0.10 | 0.07 |
| Netherlands | 74.99 | 80.07 | 5.08 | 2.39 | 1.17 | 0.69 | 0.11 | 0.08 | 0.17 | 0.10 | 0.02 |
| Portugal | 72.22 | 78.30 | 6.08 | 1.91 | 0.23 | -0.06 | 0.16 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.02 |
| Spain | 75.10 | 80.34 | 5.24 | 1.59 | 1.10 | 0.44 | 0.13 | 0.03 | 0.32 | 0.11 | 0.08 |
| Sweden | 76.66 | 80.76 | 4.10 | 2.44 | 0.79 | 0.16 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.11 |
| United Kingdom | 74.46 | 79.28 | 4.82 | 2.70 | 0.98 | 0.18 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.41 | 0.08 | 0.08 |
| Total - median | 74.04 | 79.28 | 5.15 | 2.26 | 1.07 | 0.33 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.32 | 0.11 | 0.07 |
| A10 countries | |||||||||||
| Bulgaria | 67.42 | 71.39 | 3.97 | 1.55 | 0.18 | 0.00 | 0.10 | -0.01 | 0.07 | -0.01 | 0.03 |
| Croatia* | 71.20 | 74.86 | 3.66 | 1.80 | 0.63 | 0.24 | 0.12 | -0.01 | 0.24 | 0.00 | 0.04 |
| Czech Republic | 70.54 | 76.02 | 5.48 | 2.97 | 1.55 | 0.38 | 0.12 | 0.25 | 0.62 | 0.07 | 0.11 |
| Estonia | 63.95 | 73.65 | 9.70 | 3.43 | 0.79 | 0.17 | 0.18 | 0.02 | 0.38 | -0.02 | 0.05 |
| Hungary | 66.28 | 72.62 | 6.34 | 2.16 | 1.05 | 0.41 | 0.12 | 0.03 | 0.38 | 0.04 | 0.07 |
| Latvia | 62.62 | 70.03 | 7.41 | 2.12 | 0.55 | 0.10 | 0.14 | 0.03 | 0.29 | -0.04 | 0.04 |
| Lithuania | 65.08 | 70.33 | 5.25 | 1.33 | 0.48 | -0.02 | 0.14 | 0.03 | 0.28 | 0.00 | 0.06 |
| Poland | 68.22 | 73.80 | 5.58 | 2.72 | 0.90 | 0.48 | 0.13 | -0.02 | 0.29 | -0.01 | 0.03 |
| Slovakia | 68.59 | 73.74 | 5.15 | 2.59 | 1.05 | 0.33 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.45 | 0.01 | 0.04 |
| Slovenia | 71.16 | 78.08 | 6.92 | 2.30 | 1.05 | 0.24 | 0.18 | 0.15 | 0.44 | 0.04 | 0.00 |
| Total - median | 67.82 | 73.70 | 5.53 | 2.23 | 0.84 | 0.24 | 0.13 | 0.03 | 0.34 | 0.00 | 0.04 |
| EU – median | 73.31 | 78.71 | 5.25 | 2.26 | 1.02 | 0.29 | 0.12 | 0.08 | 0.32 | 0.08 | 0.06 |
| B – women | |||||||||||
| Life expectancies at birth in years | Life expectancy changes by causes of deaths in years | ||||||||||
| Country | 1995–1999 | 2015–2019 | difference | CVD | Cancer | Other cancers | Colorectal | Lung | Breast | Fem. Gen. Organ. | Lymph. & Haemato. |
| Founding EU countries | |||||||||||
| Austria | 80.44 | 83.93 | 3.49 | 2.22 | 0.58 | 0.16 | 0.16 | -0.13 | 0.19 | 0.13 | 0.06 |
| Belgium | 80.53 | 83.64 | 3.11 | 1.42 | 0.68 | 0.18 | 0.12 | -0.09 | 0.30 | 0.12 | 0.05 |
| Denmark | 78.47 | 83.00 | 4.53 | 1.68 | 1.19 | 0.20 | 0.17 | 0.13 | 0.36 | 0.22 | 0.11 |
| Finland | 80.63 | 84.27 | 3.64 | 1.90 | 0.42 | 0.15 | 0.04 | -0.07 | 0.14 | 0.05 | 0.11 |
| France | 82.24 | 85.41 | 3.17 | 1.10 | 0.39 | 0.16 | 0.08 | -0.18 | 0.17 | 0.08 | 0.09 |
| Germany | 80.21 | 83.26 | 3.05 | 1.81 | 0.57 | 0.13 | 0.17 | -0.02 | 0.17 | 0.11 | 0.01 |
| Greece | 80.71 | 83.86 | 3.15 | 2.15 | 0.23 | 0.22 | 0.02 | -0.09 | 0.06 | -0.01 | 0.03 |
| Ireland | 78.72 | 83.87 | 5.15 | 2.35 | 0.77 | 0.27 | 0.11 | 0.00 | 0.24 | 0.05 | 0.09 |
| Italy | 81.74 | 85.08 | 3.34 | 1.56 | 0.48 | 0.22 | 0.08 | -0.07 | 0.15 | 0.04 | 0.06 |
| Luxembourg | 79.94 | 84.37 | 4.43 | 2.00 | 0.78 | 0.51 | 0.16 | -0.15 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.03 |
| Netherlands | 80.46 | 83.29 | 2.83 | 1.52 | 0.40 | -0.06 | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.28 | 0.07 | 0.01 |
| Portugal | 79.52 | 84.32 | 4.8 | 2.14 | 0.41 | 0.17 | 0.05 | -0.07 | 0.14 | 0.08 | 0.04 |
| Spain | 82.21 | 85.76 | 3.55 | 1.45 | 0.41 | 0.21 | 0.07 | -0.16 | 0.17 | 0.05 | 0.07 |
| Sweden | 81.71 | 84.24 | 2.53 | 1.53 | 0.54 | 0.18 | 0.05 | -0.05 | 0.17 | 0.10 | 0.10 |
| United Kingdom | 78.89 | 83.83 | 4.94 | 1.99 | 0.71 | 0.16 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.25 | 0.10 | 0.07 |
| Total – median | 80.46 | 83.93 | 3.49 | 1.81 | 0.54 | 0.18 | 0.08 | -0.07 | 0.17 | 0.08 | 0.06 |
| A10 countries | |||||||||||
| Bulgaria | 74.61 | 78.43 | 3.82 | 2.05 | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.03 | -0.06 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.02 |
| Croatia* | 78.38 | 81.05 | 2.67 | 1.97 | 0.14 | 0.16 | -0.01 | -0.11 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| Czech Republic | 77.48 | 81.84 | 4.36 | 2.79 | 0.94 | 0.30 | 0.20 | -0.03 | 0.21 | 0.18 | 0.08 |
| Estonia | 75.47 | 82.23 | 6.76 | 3.56 | 0.58 | 0.14 | 0.05 | -0.02 | 0.16 | 0.18 | 0.07 |
| Hungary | 75.22 | 79.38 | 4.16 | 2.14 | 0.48 | 0.29 | 0.08 | -0.18 | 0.14 | 0.09 | 0.06 |
| Latvia | 74.21 | 79.57 | 5.36 | 2.53 | 0.28 | 0.11 | 0.08 | -0.01 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.02 |
| Lithuania | 76.15 | 80.31 | 4.16 | 2.14 | 0.37 | 0.10 | 0.05 | -0.02 | 0.11 | 0.08 | 0.05 |
| Poland | 76.91 | 81.56 | 4.65 | 2.69 | 0.37 | 0.25 | 0.03 | -0.07 | 0.04 | 0.10 | 0.02 |
| Slovakia | 76.7 | 80.57 | 3.87 | 2.73 | 0.35 | 0.17 | 0.08 | -0.06 | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.02 |
| Slovenia | 78.89 | 83.83 | 4.94 | 2.13 | 0.44 | 0.18 | 0.14 | -0.18 | 0.19 | 0.11 | 0.01 |
| Total – median | 76.43 | 80.81 | 4.26 | 2.33 | 0.37 | 0.17 | 0.07 | -0.06 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.02 |
| EU – median | 78.89 | 83.64 | 3.87 | 2.05 | 0.44 | 0.17 | 0.08 | -0.07 | 0.16 | 0.09 | 0.05 |
Data source: HMD, Eurostat database.
* 2004–2009 vs. 2015–2019.