Table 11.

Life expectancy at birth (years) by sex in Canada, the United States and Europe in 1980, 1990, 2000 and 2007

Country/Region(a)	1980		1990		2000		2007(b)
	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F
Canada	71.6	78.7	74.2	80.6	76.6	81.8	78.4	83.0
United States	70.0	77.5	71.9	78.9	74.2	79.5	75.6	80.7
Northern Europe	71.6	78.4	73.1	79.4	75.8	81.1	77.5	82.4
Western Europe	70.3	77.1	72.6	79.3	75.3	81.3	77.4	82.8
Southern Europe	70.6	76.8	72.9	79.4	75.0	81.2	77.1	82.8
Central Europe	66.5	73.7	66.5	74.5	69.0	76.7	70.6	78.4
Eastern Europe	62.6	73.3	64.3	74.5	60.4	72.9	62.0	74.2

^(a)For consistency, the European regions used here are defined as in Adveev et al. (2011).

^(b)2007 is the last year for which we have data for both Canada and the United States.

Sources: Canada and the United States: Human Mortality Database (2012); Europe: Developed Countries Database (INED, 2012).