Table 3.
Life expectancies at birth in Belgium by the most and the least housing deprivation deciles for 1991–2000, 2001–2010, and 2011–2020
| 1991–20001 | 2001–2010 | 2011–2020 |
Change in time (in years)4 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | ||||
| Most deprived2 | 72.72 | 73.90 | 76.98 | 4.26 |
| Least deprived3 | 78.07 | 80.96 | 81.96 | 3.89 |
| Difference | 5.35 | 7.06 | 4.98 | |
| Female | ||||
| Most deprived | 79.88 | 80.68 | 82.53 | 2.65 |
| Least deprived | 82.78 | 84.65 | 85.84 | 3.06 |
| Difference | 2.90 | 3.97 | 3.31 | |
Mortality is adjusted to the Belgian population structure in 2019
1 Housing deprivation index 1991 applied for the period 1991–2000, index 2001 for 2001–2010, and index 2011 for 2011– 2020
2 Most deprived refers to the most deprived decile of the housing deprivation indices for 1991, 2001, and 2011
3 Least deprived refers to the least deprived decile of the housing deprivation indices for 1991, 2001, and 2011
4 Change in life expectancy at birth between 1991–2000 and 2011–2020