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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 16.
Published in final edited form as: Demogr Res. 2020 Jun 9;42:1039–1056. doi: 10.4054/demres.2020.42.36

Table 2:

United States has wider interquartile, interdecile, and intercentile ranges for survivorship, with younger lower bounds

1980* 1990 2000 2010 2014 2016
A. Interquartile Range for Survivorship
[Q3; Q11 IQR [Q3; Q1] IQR [Q3; Q1] IQR [Q3; Q1] IQR [Q3; Q1] IQR [Q3; Q1] IQR
Australia [85.5; 67.9] 17.6 [87.4; 70.7] 16.7 [89.4; 74.0] 15.4 [91.4; 76.9] 14.5 [91.7; 77.4] 14.3 [91.9; 77.8] 14.1
Austria [83.7; 66.8] 16.9 [86.1; 69.5] 16.6 [88.2; 72.2] 16.0 [89.9; 74.7] 15.2 [90.7; 75.7] 15.2 [90.8; 75.6] 15.2
Canada [86.5; 68.1] 18.4 [88.0; 70.8] 17.2 [89.1; 73.0] 16.0 [91.1; 75.7] 15.6 [91.6; 76.0] 15.6 [92.0; 76.2] 15.8
Denmark [85.1; 67.1] 18.0 [85.7; 67.7] 18.0 [87.0; 70.0] 17.0 [88.7; 73.0] 15.7 [90.0; 74.5] 15.5 [90.1; 74.8] 15.3
Finland [84.2; 67.0] 17.2 [85.6; 68.5] 17.1 [87.7; 71.7] 16.0 [89.8; 74.0] 15.8 [90.4; 75.2] 15.2 [90.5; 75.5] 15.0
France [85.7; 67.5] 18.2 [87.9; 70.3] 17.6 [89.6; 72.7] 16.9 [91.4; 75.7] 15.9 [92.2; 76.5] 15.7 [92.1; 76.5] 15.6
Germany - - [85.7; 69.0] 16.7 [88.0; 71.6] 16.4 [89.5; 74.2] 15.3 [90.2; 75.0] 15.2 [90.1; 74.7] 15.4
Italy [84.7; 68.1] 16.6 [87.2; 70.8] 16.4 [89.2; 73.8] 15.4 [90.8; 76.8] 14.0 [91.5; 77.7] 13.8 - -
Japan [85.8; 70.8] 15.0 [88.4; 73.5] 14.9 [90.9; 75.1] 15.8 [92.4; 77.4] 15.0 [92.9; 78.2] 14.7 [93.2; 78.7] 14.4
Netherlands [86.1; 69.4] 16.7 [86.9; 70.8] 16.1 [87.6; 72.1] 15.5 [89.8; 75.2] 14.6 [90.5; 76.1] 14.4 [90.3; 76.1] 14.2
Norway [86.0; 69.3] 16.7 [86.6; 70.5] 16.1 [88.2; 73.0] 15.2 [90.1; 75.5] 14.6 [90.9; 76.7] 14.2 [91.1; 77.1] 14.0
Portugal [83.7; 66.2] 17.5 [85.3; 68.5] 16.8 [87.2; 71.2] 16.0 [89.3; 74.5] 14.8 [90.2; 75.7] 14.5 - -
Spain [85.9; 69.9] 16.0 [87.5; 712] 16.3 [89.2; 73.7] 15.5 [91.1; 76.6] 14.5 [91.8; 77.5] 14.3 [91.9; 77.6] 14.3
Sweden [85.8; 69.6] 16.2 [87.3; 71.7] 15.6 [88.8; 74.1] 14.7 [90.2; 76.1] 14.1 [90.9; 76.9] 14.0 [91.0; 77.1] 13.9
Switzerland [86.1; 69.6] 16.5 [87.6; 71.6 16.0 [89.4; 74.3] 15.1 [91.0; 77.2] 13.8 [91.7; 78.1] 13.6 [91.9; 78.5] 13.4
United Kingdom [84.2; 66.8] 17.4 [85.9; 69.0] 16.9 [87.6; 71.7] 15.9 [90.0; 74.5] 15.5 [90.5; 75.4] 15.1 [90.4; 75.3] 15.1
United States [85.9; 66.2] 19.7 [87.2; 68.0] 19.2 [87.9; 70.0] 17.9 [89.9; 72.0] 17.9 [90.3; 72.1] 18.2 [90.3; 71.9] 18.4
B. Interdecile Range for Survivorship
[D9;D1] IDR [D9;D1] IDR [D9;D1] IDR [D9;D1] IDR [D9;D1] IDR [D9;D1] IDR
Australia [91.2; 55.5] 35.7 [92.6; 59.0] 33.6 [94.1; 62.4] 31.7 [95.6; 65.4] 30.2 [96.0; 65.8] 30.2 [96.2; 66.1] 30.1
Austria [88.9; 52.5] 36.4 [90.9; 57.0] 33.9 [92.7; 59.8] 32.9 [94.4; 62.6] 31.8 [94.9; 64.0] 30.9 [95.0; 64.6] 30.4
Canada [92.2; 55.3] 36.9 [93.4; 58.9] 34.5 [94.1; 61.6] 32.5 [95.7; 63.7] 32.0 [96.2; 64.2] 32.0 [96.7; 64.1] 32.6
Denmark [90.6; 54.9] 35.7 [91.1; 56.0] 35.1 [92.3; 58.9] 33.4 [93.6:61.5] 32.1 [94.6; 63.2] 31.4 [94.7; 63.6] 31.1
Finland [89.5; 54.7] 34.8 [90.7; 55.4] 35.3 [92.4; 58.6] 33.8 [94.3; 61.3] 33.0 [94.7; 63.3] 31.4 [94.8; 63.9] 30.9
France [90.9; 53.2] 37.7 [92.8; 56.2) 36.6 [94.2; 59.0] 35.4 [96.0:61.6] 34.4 [96.7; 63.0] 33.7 [96.4; 63.2] 33.2
Germany - - [90.6; 56.7] 33.9 [92.8; 59.9] 32.9 [93.9; 62.3] 31.6 [94.6; 63.3] 31.3 [94.6; 63.2] 31.4
Italy [89.9; 55.6] 34.3 [92.1; 59.3] 32.8 [93.8; 62.5] 31.3 [95.3:65.9] 29.4 [95.8; 66.9] 28.9 - -
Japan [90.6; 58.6] 32.0 [93.0; 61.5] 31.5 [95.7; 63.3] 32.4 [96.9; 65.4] 31.5 [97.5; 66.5] 31.0 [97.6; 67.2] 30.4
Netherlands [91.4; 58.0] 33.4 [91.9; 59.7] 32.2 [92.4; 61.2] 31.2 [94.3; 64.2] 30.1 [94.8; 65.2] 29.6 [94.6; 65.2] 29.4
Norway [91.1; 57.8] 33.3 [91.7; 59.1] 32.6 [92.9; 61.4] 31.5 [94.2:64.1] 30.1 [95.1; 66.0] 29.1 [95.3; 66.4] 28.9
Portugal [89.1; 49.8] 39.3 [90.3; 54.3] 36.0 [92.1; 57.3] 34.8 [93.9:61.6] 32.3 [94.6; 63.1] 31.5
Spain [91.0; 57.0] 34.0 [92.3; 58.1] 34.2 [93.8; 61.5] 32.3 [95.5; 64.7] 30.8 [96.2; 65.8] 30.4 [96.2; 66.1] 30.1
Sweden [90.9; 57.7] 33.2 [92.1; 60.2] 31.9 [93.4; 63.1] 30.3 [94.5; 65.5] 29.0 [95.1:66.3] 28.8 [95.1; 66.6] 28.5
Switzerland [91.0; 57.3] 33.7 [92.3; 59.4] 32.9 [93.8; 62.4] 31.4 [95.2; 65.9] 29.3 [95.7; 67.0] 28.7 [95.9; 67.5] 28.4
United Kingdom [89.8; 55.6] 34.2 [91.5; 58.4] 33.1 [92.8; 60.6] 32.2 [94.7; 62.9] 31.8 [95.1; 63.8] 31.3 [95.0; 63.6] 31.4
United States [91.8; 52.6] 39.2 [93.0; 54.6] 38.4 [93.1; 57.0] 36.1 [94.3; 57.7] 36.6 [95.4; 58.3] 37.1 [95.5; 57.5] 38.0
C. Intercentile Range for Survivorship
[C99;C1] ICR [C99;C1] ICR [C99;C1] ICR [C99;C1] ICR [C99;C1] ICR [C99;C1] ICR
Australia [99.2; 1.0] 98.2 [100.1; 7.6] 92.5 [100.8; 19.5] 81.3 [101.8; 25.4] 76.4 [102.2; 29.0] 73.2 [102.4; 29.5] 72.9
Austria [96.1; 0.7] 95.4 [98.0; 7.1] 90.9 [99.3; 20.1] 79.2 [100.6; 24.3] 76.3 [101.1; 29.5] 71.6 [101.2; 30.8] 70.4
Canada [100.2; 1.0] 99.2 [101.1; 13.4] 87.7 [101.2; 20.2] 81.0 [102.4; 22.7] 79.7 [102.9; 24.5] 78.4 [103.4; 24.1] 79.3
Denmark [97.9; 4.3] 93.6 [98.6; 8.5] 90.1 [99.6; 20.4] 79.2 [100.7; 30.0] 70.7 [101.5; 31.4] 70.1 [101.3; 32.3] 69.0
Finland [97.1; 8.9] 88.2 [98.0; 17.0] 81.0 [99.1; 22.1] 77.0 [100.7; 25.9] 74.8 [100.8; 28.8] 72.0 [100.9; 29.9] 71.0
France [98.2; 1.0] 97.2 [99.7; 10.8] 88.9 [100.9; 20.9] 80.0 [102.4; 26.7] 75.7 [103.0; 29.1] 73.9 [102.6; 28.8] 73.8
Germany - - [97.7; 10.9] 86.8 [99.6; 21.8] 77.8 [100.4; 28.9] 71.5 [100.9; 31.8] 69.1 [100.6; 31] 69.9
Italy [97.1; 0.7] 96.4 [99.1; 9.2] 89.9 [100.6; 22.0] 78.6 [101.7; 31.7] 70.0 [102.1; 35.5] 66.6 - -
Japan [97.6; 5.2] 92.4 [99.8; 19.7] 80.1 [102.5; 25.8] 76.7 [103.5; 30.4] 73.1 [104.0; 32.3] 71.7 [103.9; 34] 69.9
Netherlands [98.9; 2.9] 96.0 [99.1; 11.3] 87.8 [99.2; 21.0] 78.2 [100.8; 30.4] 70.4 [101.1; 32.0] 69.1 [100.7; 32.7] 68.0
Norway [98.7; 6.0] 92.7 [98.8; 11.5] 87.3 [99.6; 21.4] 78.2 [100.8; 27.2] 73.6 [101.4; 32.0] 69.4 [101.4; 32.6] 68.8
Portugal [96.6; 0.4] 96.2 [97.6; 0.9] 96.7 [99.3; 15.8] 83.5 [100.6; 28.21 72.4 [100.9; 31.3] 69.8 - -
Spain [98.6; 0.9] 97.7 [99.2; 7.4] 91.8 [100.6; 21.7] 78.9 [101.9; 32.8] 69.1 [102.5; 36.0] 66.5 [102.4; 36.7] 65.7
Sweden [98.2; 13.5] 84.7 [99.1; 18.5] 80.6 [99.9; 26.2] 73.7 [100.7; 30.0] 70.7 [101.2; 31.5] 69.7 [101.2; 31.6] 69.6
Switzerland [98.0; 2.5] 95.5 [99.0; 13.4] 85.6 [100.3; 21.1] 79.2 [101.2; 30.5] 70.7 [101.7; 32.1] 69.6 [101.9; 33.8] 68.1
United Kingdom [97.8; 0.8] 97.0 [99.3; 7.7] 91.6 [100.0; 20.5] 79.5 [101.4; 25.9] 75.7 [101.8; 28.6] 73.2 [101.6; 27.4] 74.2
United States [99.9; .8] 99.1 [100.9; 1.5] 99.4 [100.4; 14.3] 86.1 [101.9; 18.7] 83.2 [102.6; 19.6] 83.0 [102.7; 19.3] 83.4
*

Total countries included = 16 - Germany Missing;

Total countries included = 15 - Italy and Portugal Missing

Source: Derived from the Human Mortality Database (2019). 100.9; 1.5]