Table 3.

Life expectancy at birth, by deprivation decile, New Zealand, 1995–97 to 1998–2000

Decile	Male					Female
	1995–97	1996–98	1997–99	1998–2000	overall increase	1995–97	1996–98	1997–99	1998–2000	overall increase
1	78.1	78.5	79.1	79.3	1.3	82.0	82.3	82.6	82.8	0.8
2	77.6	77.8	78.1	78.5	0.9	81.5	82.0	82.5	82.9	1.4
3	76.5	76.9	77.3	77.8	1.4	81.2	81.7	81.9	82.1	0.8
4	75.7	76.3	76.6	77.5	1.8	81.2	81.7	81.9	82.3	1.1
5	75.1	76.1	76.1	76.3	1.2	80.6	81.2	81.3	81.6	1.0
6	74.5	75.1	75.4	75.8	1.3	79.9	80.4	80.6	81.0	1.1
7	73.9	74.4	74.8	75.1	1.3	79.6	80.2	80.5	80.7	1.1
8	72.8	72.8	73.5	74.1	1.4	78.5	79.0	79.4	80.2	1.7
9	71.3	71.8	72.0	72.7	1.3	77.8	78.2	78.5	78.8	1.0
10	68.9	69.4	69.6	69.8	0.9	75.4	75.8	76.4	77.2	1.8