Use the menu below to view graphs comparing period and cohort expectations of life at birth and at age 65 for the United Kingdom and its constituent countries. The life expectancy data used to produce these graphs is based on historic mortality rates and projected mortality rates from the 2004-based national population projections.
Period and cohort expectation of life at birth, 1981-2054
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Period and cohort expectation of life at age 65, 1981-2054
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For period and cohort expectation of life tables please click the link.