Table 1.
Comparison of male population and death counts (age 65+) between German official population statistics and DRV data for the years 1995–2004
| Nationality and year | Population | Deaths | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In thousands | Ratio | In thousands | Ratio | |||
| Population statistics | DRV statistics | Population statistics/DRV statistics | Population statistics | DRV statistics | Population statistics/DRV statistics | |
| Germans | ||||||
| 1995 | 4408.0 | 4023.1 | 1.10 | 277.7 | 255.1 | 1.09 |
| 1998 | 4704.2 | 4311.3 | 1.09 | 270.7 | 252.4 | 1.07 |
| 2001 | 5208.7 | 4760.2 | 1.09 | 268.5 | 232.5 | 1.15 |
| 2004 | 5879.4 | 5356.6 | 1.10 | 277.1 | 264.1 | 1.09 |
| 1995–2004 | 20,200.2 | 18,451.3 | 1.09 | 1,093.9 | 1,004.1 | 1.09 |
| Foreigners | ||||||
| 1995 | 109.7 | 76.7 | 1.43 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 0.74 |
| 1998 | 144.7 | 104.2 | 1.39 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 0.71 |
| 2001 | 190.0 | 144.2 | 1.32 | 4.0 | 5.5 | 0.73 |
| 2004 | 251.0 | 197.3 | 1.27 | 4.9 | 8.4 | 0.58 |
| 1995–2004 | 695.3 | 522.3 | 1.33 | 14.9 | 22.1 | 0.67 |