Table 3.
Age-standardised mortality (/100 000 persons) and per cent change in mortality between 2000 and 2015 among persons aged 65 years and older
| Location | Male | Female | ||||
| 2000 | 2015 | % change (95% CI) | 2000 | 2015 | % change (95% CI) | |
| Serbia | 132.4 | 66.8 | −45 (−52 to −37) | 48.2 | 20.7 | −54 (−62 to −44) |
| Slovenia | 118.2 | 68.4 | −38 (−52 to −19) | 30.2 | 18.6 | −40 (−60 to −9) |
| Hungary | 102.3 | 64.6 | −34 (−41 to −25) | 36.9 | 17.3 | −51 (−58 to −41) |
| Latvia | 99.8 | 51.8 | −44 (−59 to −24) | 25.6 | 13.8 | −45 (−63 to −17) |
| Lithuania | 95.6 | 86.2 | −12 (−29 to 10) | 26.6 | 18.0 | −32 (−51 to −6) |
| Croatia | 83.7 | 59.4 | −22 (−36 to −4) | 25.5 | 16.7 | −29 (−46 to −6) |
| Uruguay | 81.2 | 62.0 | −21 (−38 to 1) | 8.6 | 8.8 | 5 (−40 to 82) |
| Austria | 77.8 | 52.6 | −28 (−38 to −17) | 16.8 | 11.7 | −29 (−45 to −9) |
| Cuba | 69.0 | 59.9 | −12 (−24 to 0) | 18.6 | 13.1 | −27 (−44 to −6) |
| Estonia | 62.6 | 55.0 | −2 (−36 to 50) | 26.8 | 7.0 | −70 (−84 to −43) |
| Republic of Korea | 59.5 | 106.0 | 93 (78 to 110) | 24.4 | 32.2 | 46 (32 to 61) |
| Switzerland | 59.0 | 37.6 | −36 (−46 to −24) | 20.0 | 10.3 | −52 (−63 to −37) |
| France | 58.2 | 35.5 | −34 (−37 to −30) | 15.6 | 10.2 | −35 (−41 to −28) |
| Czech Republic | 57.9 | 39.9 | −29 (−40 to −17) | 14.2 | 7.0 | −51 (−63 to −35) |
| Republic of Moldova | 55.9 | 43.7 | −24 (−46 to 8) | 9.8 | 6.0 | −37 (−69 to 26) |
| Portugal | 54.6 | 47.6 | −6 (−18 to 8) | 10.8 | 12.3 | 18 (−8 to 50) |
| Belgium | 52.1 | 34.5 | −30 (−39 to −18) | 15.3 | 12.6 | −16 (−33 to 4) |
| Bulgaria | 51.7 | 39.7 | −15 (−28 to 2) | 15.6 | 10.0 | −27 (−45 to −4) |
| TFYR Macedonia | 51.7 | 31.8 | −30 (−56 to 12) | 15.1 | 9.7 | −34 (−68 to 37) |
| Guyana | 51.6 | 71.5 | 23 (−50 to 200) | 10.8 | 7.1 | −19 (−89 to 475) |
| Japan | 48.6 | 34.9 | −27 (−30 to −24) | 24.8 | 15.2 | −41 (−44 to −38) |
| Germany | 47.8 | 34.9 | −17 (−22 to −13) | 14.5 | 10.8 | −27 (−32 to −20) |
| Kyrgyzstan | 45.5 | 14.7 | −69 (−82 to −44) | 12.7 | 3.3 | −74 (−90 to −32) |
| Slovakia | 42.3 | 39.9 | −7 (−29 to 23) | 8.8 | 4.2 | −52 (−73 to −16) |
| Denmark | 41.6 | 22.7 | −47 (−59 to −33) | 13.5 | 10.3 | −29 (−49 to 0) |
| Hong Kong SAR | 41.1 | 32.7 | −16 (−33 to 5) | 23.6 | 17.1 | −26 (−44 to −3) |
| Argentina | 40.1 | 26.9 | −31 (−39 to −23) | 5.6 | 3.3 | −43 (−57 to −25) |
| Finland | 38.0 | 23.8 | −38 (−52 to −19) | 11.3 | 6.9 | −34 (−56 to −1) |
| Chile | 36.8 | 27.9 | −24 (−37 to −7) | 3.7 | 3.5 | −1 (−41 to 63) |
| Sweden | 36.0 | 25.7 | −30 (−41 to −16) | 11.0 | 9.3 | −15 (−36 to 12) |
| Poland | 35.7 | 33.5 | −3 (−13 to 8) | 7.1 | 4.4 | −38 (−50 to −24) |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 35.3 | 23.4 | −37 (−72 to 40) | 12.6 | 3.3 | −78 (−96 to 9) |
| Spain | 32.0 | 21.7 | −26 (−33 to −19) | 8.3 | 5.8 | −31 (−41 to −19) |
| Venezuela | 31.9 | 10.5 | −67 (−75 to −57) | 4.3 | 1.5 | −64 (−80 to −32) |
| Romania | 31.1 | 30.5 | −1 (−12 to 15) | 8.7 | 6.7 | −22 (−38 to −2) |
| USA | 30.1 | 30.8 | 0 (−4 to 4) | 4.1 | 5.4 | 28 (18 to 40) |
| Mauritius | 27.8 | 9.3 | −70 (−91 to 0) | 8.0 | 2.7 | −60 (−93 to 141) |
| Italy | 25.0 | 17.5 | −26 (−32 to −19) | 6.0 | 4.0 | −36 (−45 to −26) |
| Australia | 23.4 | 21.6 | −5 (−20 to 11) | 5.6 | 5.6 | 1 (−25 to 35) |
| Puerto Rico | 23.0 | 26.0 | 16 (−22 to 72) | 1.8 | 0.8 | −38 (−86 to 178) |
| Norway | 22.8 | 18.9 | −16 (−40 to 18) | 7.0 | 9.8 | 52 (−7 to 148) |
| Israel | 21.3 | 12.6 | −43 (−60 to −17) | 8.1 | 4.9 | −41 (−65 to 1) |
| New Zealand | 20.8 | 13.7 | −33 (−56 to 3) | 2.1 | 2.8 | 28 (−53 to 247) |
| Panama | 20.8 | 9.0 | −56 (−79 to −10) | 1.2 | 1.0 | −9 (−90 to 1103) |
| Netherlands | 20.3 | 20.1 | −1 (−16 to 22) | 8.5 | 8.2 | −7 (−28 to 20) |
| Canada | 19.5 | 17.1 | −12 (−23 to 2) | 4.3 | 4.0 | 0 (−24 to 31) |
| Colombia | 19.2 | 17.3 | −9 (−25 to 11) | 1.1 | 1.6 | 46 (−25 to 184) |
| Suriname | 19.1 | 58.8 | 123 (−40 to 723) | 12.4 | 12.8 | 4 (−83 to 522) |
| Ireland | 18.8 | 15.2 | −17 (−48 to 30) | 4.5 | 2.4 | −38 (−76 to 60) |
| Costa Rica | 18.8 | 11.7 | −38 (−66 to 15) | 4.0 | 1.2 | −68 (−92 to 33) |
| Brazil | 18.4 | 17.6 | 0 (−9 to 10) | 3.1 | 3.1 | 1 (−17 to 22) |
| Guatemala | 16.7 | 5.5 | −63 (−79 to −36) | 1.6 | 1.3 | −14 (−76 to 204) |
| Uzbekistan | 11.8 | 9.3 | −25 (−49 to 9) | 3.3 | 2.4 | −30 (−62 to 28) |
| UK | 11.5 | 11.7 | 2 (−10 to 15) | 3.8 | 3.6 | −7 (−23 to 12) |
| Mexico | 11.5 | 10.9 | −4 (−18 to 12) | 1.0 | 0.8 | −23 (−53 to 25) |
| Philippines | 8.3 | 8.1 | −5 (−28 to 23) | 2.2 | 1.2 | −46 (−67 to −9) |
| Ecuador | 6.1 | 19.7 | 226 (97 to 438) | 1.0 | 2.1 | 132 (−35 to 721) |
| South Africa | 5.3 | 2.8 | −46 (−67 to −12) | 0.8 | 0.3 | −62 (−87 to 11) |
Mortality rates were age adjusted using the new WHO world standard population (WHO millennium).