Latvia vs United States of America: How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy?

Latvia
0.7058 years
in 2017
United States of America
0.7738 years
in 2018
Latvia rank
26th
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

  • Latvia
  • United States of America
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How they compare

United States of America currently reports 0.7738 years against 0.7058 years in Latvia, a difference of 0.068 years.

That makes United States of America's figure about 1.1 times Latvia's.

Across all 59 years both countries report, United States of America has been ahead every year.

Latvia ranks 26th and United States of America ranks 24th of 33 countries.

United States of America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Latvia United States of America Difference Ahead
1950s 0.223 years 0.3625 years 0.1395 years United States of America
1960s 0.2925 years 0.4321 years 0.1396 years United States of America
1970s 0.3324 years 0.6691 years 0.3367 years United States of America
1980s 0.3481 years 0.8942 years 0.5461 years United States of America
1990s 0.3729 years 0.9608 years 0.5878 years United States of America
2000s 0.4416 years 0.8377 years 0.3961 years United States of America
2010s 0.6294 years 0.8059 years 0.1765 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?, Latvia or United States of America?
United States of America, at 0.7738 years against 0.7058 years in Latvia 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 Latvia and United States of America?
0.068 years, with United States of America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latvia and United States of America?
59 years are reported by both, from 1959 to 2017.
How do Latvia 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??
Latvia ranks 26th 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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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.