Australian Government, Australian Government Actuary

Appendix A

The comparisons made in this Appendix are based on the published Australian Life Tables for the relevant years except that revised estimates for the 1970‑72 Tables have been preferred to the published Tables, the latter having been based on an under‑enumerated population.

Historical summary of mortality rates — males
Life Tables Age
0 15 30 45 65 85
1881‑90 0.13248 0.00372 0.00867 0.01424 0.04582 0.18895
1891‑00 0.11840 0.00290 0.00698 0.01183 0.04496 0.19629
1901‑10 0.09510 0.00255 0.00519 0.01083 0.03859 0.19701
1920‑22 0.07132 0.00184 0.00390 0.00844 0.03552 0.19580
1932‑34 0.04543 0.00149 0.00271 0.00659 0.03311 0.18864
1946‑48 0.03199 0.00115 0.00186 0.00554 0.03525 0.18332
1953‑55 0.02521 0.00109 0.00170 0.00478 0.03412 0.17692
1960‑62 0.02239 0.00075 0.00157 0.00485 0.03454 0.17363
1965‑67 0.02093 0.00079 0.00150 0.00500 0.03603 0.17617
1970‑72 0.01949 0.00080 0.00142 0.00479 0.03471 0.16778
1975‑77 0.01501 0.00070 0.00128 0.00453 0.03067 0.16043
1980‑82 0.01147 0.00057 0.00126 0.00370 0.02671 0.14848
1985‑87 0.01030 0.00050 0.00129 0.00291 0.02351 0.14276
1990‑92 0.00814 0.00044 0.00131 0.00256 0.02061 0.12975
1995‑97 0.00610 0.00039 0.00131 0.00231 0.01763 0.12443
2000-02 0.00567 0.00030 0.00119 0.00218 0.01420 0.10556
2005-07 0.00523 0.00022 0.00095 0.00204 0.01200 0.09907
2010-12 0.004121 0.000215 0.000826 0.001898 0.010505 0.093419
Historical summary of mortality rates — females
Life Tables Age
0 15 30 45 65 85
1881‑90 0.11572 0.00299 0.00828 0.01167 0.03550 0.18779
1891‑00 0.10139 0.00248 0.00652 0.00917 0.03239 0.17463
1901‑10 0.07953 0.00219 0.00519 0.00807 0.02998 0.16459
1920‑22 0.05568 0.00144 0.00387 0.00606 0.02426 0.17200
1932‑34 0.03642 0.00113 0.00279 0.00523 0.02365 0.15837
1946‑48 0.02519 0.00061 0.00165 0.00411 0.02133 0.15818
1953‑55 0.01989 0.00048 0.00096 0.00341 0.01943 0.15018
1960‑62 0.01757 0.00038 0.00082 0.00300 0.01769 0.13927
1965‑67 0.01639 0.00041 0.00085 0.00313 0.01774 0.13782
1970‑72 0.01501 0.00042 0.00077 0.00299 0.01684 0.12986
1975‑77 0.01184 0.00037 0.00062 0.00264 0.01493 0.11644
1980‑82 0.00905 0.00031 0.00052 0.00207 0.01283 0.10656
1985‑87 0.00794 0.00026 0.00053 0.00180 0.01179 0.09781
1990‑92 0.00634 0.00025 0.00051 0.00152 0.01049 0.09021
1995‑97 0.00502 0.00022 0.00049 0.00137 0.00929 0.08553
2000-02 0.00466 0.00020 0.00045 0.00130 0.00789 0.07528
2005-07 0.00440 0.00018 0.00038 0.00124 0.00679 0.07088
2010-12 0.003352 0.000162 0.000349 0.001188 0.006203 0.066375
Complete expectation of life at selected ages — males
Life Tables Age
0 30 65 85
1881‑90 47.20 33.64 11.06 3.86
1891‑00 51.08 35.11 11.25 3.79
1901‑10 55.20 36.52 11.31 3.65
1920‑22 59.15 38.44 12.01 3.62
1932‑34 63.48 39.90 12.40 3.90
1946‑48 66.07 40.40 12.25 3.84
1953‑55 67.14 40.90 12.33 4.01
1960‑62 67.92 41.12 12.47 4.08
1965‑67 67.63 40.72 12.16 4.07
1970‑72 67.81 40.94 12.21 4.13
1975‑77 69.56 42.18 13.13 4.45
1980‑82 71.23 43.51 13.80 4.67
1985‑87 72.74 44.84 14.60 4.89
1990‑92 74.32 46.07 15.41 5.23
1995‑97 75.69 47.26 16.21 5.40
2000-02 77.64 49.07 17.70 6.11
2005-07 79.02 50.20 18.54 6.03
2010-12 80.06 51.04 19.22 6.06
Complete expectation of life at selected ages — females
Life Tables Age
0 30 65 85
1881‑90 50.84 36.13 12.27 3.90
1891‑00 54.76 37.86 12.75 4.12
1901‑10 58.84 39.33 12.88 4.19
1920‑22 63.31 41.48 13.60 4.06
1932‑34 67.14 42.77 14.15 4.30
1946‑48 70.63 44.08 14.44 4.32
1953‑55 72.75 45.43 15.02 4.52
1960‑62 74.18 46.49 15.68 4.79
1965‑67 74.15 46.34 15.70 4.85
1970‑72 74.80 46.86 16.09 5.03
1975‑77 76.56 48.26 17.13 5.49
1980‑82 78.27 49.67 18.00 5.74
1985‑87 79.20 50.49 18.56 6.09
1990‑92 80.39 51.48 19.26 6.40
1995‑97 81.37 52.30 19.88 6.53
2000-02 82.87 53.72 21.15 7.28
2005-07 83.67 54.44 21.62 7.08
2010-12 84.31 54.96 22.05 7.14

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