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

Poland
0.8181 years
in 2018
United States of America
0.7738 years
in 2018
Poland rank
21st
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

  • Poland
  • United States of America
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How they compare

Poland currently reports 0.8181 years against 0.7738 years in United States of America, a difference of 0.0443 years.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 61 shared years of data; in 1958 it was United States of America ahead.

Poland ranks 21st 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 Poland United States of America Difference Ahead
1950s 0.2101 years 0.3562 years 0.1461 years United States of America
1960s 0.2659 years 0.4321 years 0.1662 years United States of America
1970s 0.3243 years 0.6691 years 0.3448 years United States of America
1980s 0.3966 years 0.8942 years 0.4976 years United States of America
1990s 0.4457 years 0.9608 years 0.5151 years United States of America
2000s 0.6189 years 0.8377 years 0.2188 years United States of America
2010s 0.7864 years 0.8023 years 0.016 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?, Poland or United States of America?
Poland, at 0.8181 years against 0.7738 years in United States of America 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 Poland and United States of America?
0.0443 years, with Poland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Poland and United States of America?
61 years are reported by both, from 1958 to 2018.
How do Poland 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??
Poland ranks 21st 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.