Table 2 Overall female and male mortality at 10‐year time intervals.

Year	Female mortality /1000	Male mortality /1000	Comment
1910	16.76	18.28
1919	16.44	18.76	Influenza pandemic
1930	12.44	13.84	Beginning of the Great Depression
1940	12.65	15.17	Early World War II in Europe
1950	9.99	11.25	Beginning of regeneration
1960	8.63	10.59	Stability and prosperity
1970	8.56	10.33	Widespread contraception
1980	8.81	10.18	Periods of recession
1990	9.01	9.83	Onset of Japanese recession; AIDS