Austria vs United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy?

Austria
0.8982 years
in 2017
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
0.8133 years
in 2018
Austria rank
19th
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank
22nd

How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy? over time

  • Austria
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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How they compare

Austria currently reports 0.8982 years against 0.8133 years in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, a difference of 0.0849 years.

That makes Austria's figure about 1.1 times United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 71 shared years of data; in 1947 it was United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ahead.

Austria ranks 19th and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 22nd of 33 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 1 and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade Austria United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Difference Ahead
1940s 0.1071 years 0.2898 years 0.1827 years United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1950s 0.1736 years 0.3354 years 0.1618 years United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1960s 0.257 years 0.4303 years 0.1734 years United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1970s 0.3479 years 0.5517 years 0.2039 years United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1980s 0.5142 years 0.7509 years 0.2368 years United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1990s 0.693 years 0.8692 years 0.1762 years United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2000s 0.8332 years 0.8817 years 0.0485 years United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2010s 0.9438 years 0.8595 years 0.0843 years Austria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy?, Austria or United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
Austria, at 0.8982 years against 0.8133 years in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland as of 2017.
What is the difference in how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy? between Austria and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
0.0849 years, with Austria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
71 years are reported by both, from 1947 to 2017.
How do Austria and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank globally for how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy??
Austria ranks 19th and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 22nd of 33 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Zarulli et al. (2021) – processed by Our World in Data, published as How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy?. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy?
Unit
years
Source
Zarulli et al. (2021) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
33 places, 3,442 data points, 1751–2019
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The sex gap in life expectancy arises from sex differences in death rates across the lifespan. This indicator shows the number of years that a given age group's death rates have contributed to the overall sex gap in life expectancy.