Denmark vs New Zealand: How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy?

Denmark
0.9677 years
in 2019
New Zealand
0.9722 years
in 2013
Denmark rank
15th
New Zealand rank
14th

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

  • Denmark
  • New Zealand
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How they compare

New Zealand currently reports 0.9722 years against 0.9677 years in Denmark, a difference of 0.0045 years.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1948 it was New Zealand ahead.

Denmark ranks 15th and New Zealand ranks 14th of 33 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Denmark averaged higher in 1 and New Zealand in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade Denmark New Zealand Difference Ahead
1940s 0.0958 years 0.2567 years 0.1608 years New Zealand
1950s 0.1089 years 0.2842 years 0.1753 years New Zealand
1960s 0.2337 years 0.4048 years 0.1711 years New Zealand
1970s 0.4959 years 0.5667 years 0.0708 years New Zealand
1980s 0.6884 years 0.7581 years 0.0697 years New Zealand
1990s 0.7923 years 0.9494 years 0.1571 years New Zealand
2000s 0.8926 years 0.9893 years 0.0967 years New Zealand
2010s 0.9399 years 0.898 years 0.0419 years Denmark

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?, Denmark or New Zealand?
New Zealand, at 0.9722 years against 0.9677 years in Denmark as of 2013.
What is the difference in how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy? between Denmark and New Zealand?
0.0045 years, with New Zealand ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and New Zealand?
66 years are reported by both, from 1948 to 2013.
How do Denmark and New Zealand rank globally for how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy??
Denmark ranks 15th 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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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
Last refreshed

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.