Canada vs New Zealand: How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy?
Canada
1.07 years
in 2018
New Zealand
0.9722 years
in 2013
Canada rank
11th
New Zealand rank
14th
How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy? over time
- Canada
- New Zealand
How they compare
Canada currently reports 1.07 years against 0.9722 years in New Zealand, a difference of 0.0978 years.
That makes Canada's figure about 1.1 times New Zealand's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1948 it was New Zealand ahead.
Canada ranks 11th and New Zealand ranks 14th of 33 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 7 and New Zealand in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | New Zealand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 0.2251 years | 0.2567 years | 0.0315 years | New Zealand |
| 1950s | 0.2986 years | 0.2842 years | 0.0144 years | Canada |
| 1960s | 0.4441 years | 0.4048 years | 0.0393 years | Canada |
| 1970s | 0.7018 years | 0.5667 years | 0.1351 years | Canada |
| 1980s | 0.9942 years | 0.7581 years | 0.2361 years | Canada |
| 1990s | 1.15 years | 0.9494 years | 0.1964 years | Canada |
| 2000s | 1.16 years | 0.9893 years | 0.1739 years | Canada |
| 2010s | 1.17 years | 0.898 years | 0.2725 years | Canada |
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?, Canada or New Zealand?
- Canada, at 1.07 years against 0.9722 years in New Zealand 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 Canada and New Zealand?
- 0.0978 years, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and New Zealand?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1948 to 2013.
- How do Canada and New Zealand rank globally for how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy??
- Canada ranks 11th and New Zealand ranks 14th 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.