Belarus vs United States of America: How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy?
Belarus
0.666 years
in 2018
United States of America
0.7738 years
in 2018
Belarus rank
27th
United States of America rank
24th
How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy? over time
- Belarus
- United States of America
How they compare
United States of America currently reports 0.7738 years against 0.666 years in Belarus, a difference of 0.1078 years.
That makes United States of America's figure about 1.2 times Belarus's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1959 it was Belarus ahead.
Belarus ranks 27th and United States of America ranks 24th of 33 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Belarus averaged higher in 2 and United States of America in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belarus | United States of America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.4045 years | 0.3625 years | 0.042 years | Belarus |
| 1960s | 0.5655 years | 0.4321 years | 0.1333 years | Belarus |
| 1970s | 0.632 years | 0.6691 years | 0.0371 years | United States of America |
| 1980s | 0.5535 years | 0.8942 years | 0.3407 years | United States of America |
| 1990s | 0.3688 years | 0.9608 years | 0.5919 years | United States of America |
| 2000s | 0.3582 years | 0.8377 years | 0.4796 years | United States of America |
| 2010s | 0.5889 years | 0.8023 years | 0.2134 years | United States of America |
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?, Belarus or United States of America?
- United States of America, at 0.7738 years against 0.666 years in Belarus as of 2018.
- What is the difference in how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy? between Belarus and United States of America?
- 0.1078 years, with United States of America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belarus and United States of America?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1959 to 2018.
- How do Belarus and United States of America rank globally for how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy??
- Belarus ranks 27th and United States of America ranks 24th 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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About this data
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.