Use the menu below to view tables showing
period and cohort expectations of life at birth and five
yearly age intervals for the United Kingdom and its constituent
countries. These life expectancies have been calculated
using historic mortality rates and projected rates from
the 2004-based national population projections.
Period expectation of life, 1981-2054
Principal projection
High life expectancy variant *
Low life expectancy variant *
Cohort expectation of life, 1981-2054†
Principal projection
High life expectancy variant *
Low life expectancy variant *
For period and cohort expectation of life
graphs please click here.
* Variant projection data is not
available for England & Wales and Great Britain.
†The
cohort expectation of life tables were revised on 3 January
2006 to allow for the assumed annual mortality improvement
at 2103 to continue into later years. These revised tables
replace those published on 20 October 2005.
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