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. 2013 Mar 13;23(5):829–833. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckt030

Table 2.

HLY at birth in 2010, current annual increase in HLY and projected increase in HLY between 2010 and 2020 under various scenarios for EU27 countries, females

Country Projected increase in HLY at birth between 2010 and 2020
HLY 2010 Scenario1: current trends prevail Scenario 2: reduction of HLY gaps by
Scenario 3: HLY increase ≥2 years for country and reduction in HLY gaps by
Scenario 4: no increase in UHLY for country and reduction in the HLY gaps by
A:50% B:30% A:50% B:30% A:50% B:30%
Slovakiaa 52.7 1.3 9.4 5.7 11.4 7.7 10.9 7.2
Latviaa 55.4 1.5 8.1 4.8 10.1 6.8 9.6 6.3
Portugala 56.9 1.0 7.3 4.4 9.3 6.4 8.8 5.9
Germanya 57.8 1.0 6.9 4.1 8.9 6.1 8.4 5.6
Hungarya 58.3 1.6 6.6 4.0 8.6 6.0 8.1 5.5
Estoniaa 58.5 1.3 6.5 3.9 8.5 5.9 8.0 5.4
Finlanda 58.8 1.0 6.4 3.8 8.4 5.8 7.9 5.3
Austriaa 60.0 1.0 5.8 3.5 7.8 5.5 7.3 5.0
Netherlandsa 60.1 1.0 5.7 3.4 7.7 5.4 7.2 4.9
Denmarka 60.7 1.3 5.4 3.3 7.4 5.3 6.9 4.8
Lithuaniaa 61.0 1.5 5.3 3.2 7.3 5.2 6.8 4.7
Sloveniab 61.0 0.3 5.3 3.2 7.3 5.2 6.8 4.7
Romaniab 61.1 −5.2 5.2 3.1 7.2 5.1 6.7 4.6
Italya 61.9 0.9 4.8 2.9 6.8 4.9 6.3 4.4
Franceb 62.6 −2.7 4.5 2.7 6.5 4.7 6.0 4.2
Polanda 62.8 1.4 4.4 2.6 6.4 4.6 5.9 4.1
CzechRepublica 63.0 1.3 4.3 2.6 6.3 4.6 5.8 4.1
Spaina 63.0 0.8 4.3 2.6 6.3 4.6 5.8 4.1
Belgiumb 64.3 9.1 3.6 2.2 5.6 4.2 5.1 3.7
Irelandb 64.8 1.7 3.4 2.0 5.4 4.0 4.9 3.5
Luxembourga 65.0 1.2 3.3 2.0 5.3 4.0 4.8 3.5
Cyprusa 65.5 1.1 3.0 1.8 5.0 3.8 4.5 3.3
UnitedKingdomb 66.0 1.6 2.8 1.7 4.8 3.7 4.3 3.2
Bulgariaa 66.0 1.8 2.8 1.7 4.8 3.7 4.3 3.2
Greeceb 66.7 −0.5 2.4 1.5 4.4 3.5 3.9 3.0
Swedena 69.3 1.2 1.1 0.7 3.1 2.7 2.6 2.2
Maltaa 71.5 1.3 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.0 1.5 1.5
EU27a 61.9 0.5 4.8 2.9 6.8 4.9 6.3 4.4

a: HLY2010 values based on 2008–09 values.

b: HLY2010 values based on 2004/2005–09 values.