How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy? in New Zealand
New Zealand: How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy? was 0.9722 years in 2013. ▲ Rising
Latest (2013)
0.9722 years
Change on year
up 9.0%
World rank
14th
of 33 countries
All-time high
1.15 years
in 2000
All-time low
0.1816 years
in 1951
Years of data
66
1948–2013
How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy? in New Zealand, 1948–2013
Source: Zarulli et al. (2021) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2013, how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy? in New Zealand stood at 0.9722 years.
The figure is up 9.0% on the previous year and down 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy? in New Zealand peaked at 1.15 years in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.1816 years, in 1951.
New Zealand ranks 14th of 33 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.
How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy? in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1948 | 0.2755 years | — |
| 1949 | 0.2378 years | -13.7% |
| 1950 | 0.2304 years | -3.1% |
| 1951 | 0.1816 years | -21.2% |
| 1952 | 0.2746 years | +51.2% |
| 1953 | 0.2767 years | +0.8% |
| 1954 | 0.3272 years | +18.3% |
| 1955 | 0.2534 years | -22.6% |
| 1956 | 0.3898 years | +53.8% |
| 1957 | 0.3186 years | -18.3% |
| 1958 | 0.2472 years | -22.4% |
| 1959 | 0.3426 years | +38.6% |
| 1960 | 0.3666 years | +7.0% |
| 1961 | 0.2947 years | -19.6% |
| 1962 | 0.41 years | +39.1% |
| 1963 | 0.4102 years | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.4156 years | +1.3% |
| 1965 | 0.366 years | -11.9% |
| 1966 | 0.4302 years | +17.5% |
| 1967 | 0.3971 years | -7.7% |
| 1968 | 0.4791 years | +20.7% |
| 1969 | 0.4779 years | -0.3% |
| 1970 | 0.4397 years | -8.0% |
| 1971 | 0.5205 years | +18.4% |
| 1972 | 0.4257 years | -18.2% |
| 1973 | 0.4633 years | +8.9% |
| 1974 | 0.5409 years | +16.7% |
| 1975 | 0.5775 years | +6.8% |
| 1976 | 0.645 years | +11.7% |
| 1977 | 0.6793 years | +5.3% |
| 1978 | 0.6652 years | -2.1% |
| 1979 | 0.7097 years | +6.7% |
| 1980 | 0.7427 years | +4.7% |
| 1981 | 0.7147 years | -3.8% |
| 1982 | 0.7741 years | +8.3% |
| 1983 | 0.7051 years | -8.9% |
| 1984 | 0.8816 years | +25.0% |
| 1985 | 0.6991 years | -20.7% |
| 1986 | 0.8062 years | +15.3% |
| 1987 | 0.7483 years | -7.2% |
| 1988 | 0.7228 years | -3.4% |
| 1989 | 0.7864 years | +8.8% |
| 1990 | 0.815 years | +3.6% |
| 1991 | 0.7756 years | -4.8% |
| 1992 | 1 years | +29.3% |
| 1993 | 0.8705 years | -13.2% |
| 1994 | 1.02 years | +17.2% |
| 1995 | 0.9851 years | -3.5% |
| 1996 | 0.9366 years | -4.9% |
| 1997 | 1.03 years | +9.6% |
| 1998 | 1.1 years | +6.9% |
| 1999 | 0.9637 years | -12.2% |
| 2000 | 1.15 years | +19.8% |
| 2001 | 0.9997 years | -13.4% |
| 2002 | 1.03 years | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 1.05 years | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 0.9881 years | -5.9% |
| 2005 | 0.9571 years | -3.1% |
| 2006 | 0.9275 years | -3.1% |
| 2007 | 0.9576 years | +3.2% |
| 2008 | 0.9406 years | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 0.8831 years | -6.1% |
| 2010 | 0.9433 years | +6.8% |
| 2011 | 0.7846 years | -16.8% |
| 2012 | 0.892 years | +13.7% |
| 2013 | 0.9722 years | +9.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 0.2567 years | 0.2378 years | 0.2755 years | 2 |
| 1950s | 0.2842 years | 0.1816 years | 0.3898 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.4048 years | 0.2947 years | 0.4791 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.5667 years | 0.4257 years | 0.7097 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7581 years | 0.6991 years | 0.8816 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9494 years | 0.7756 years | 1.1 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9893 years | 0.8831 years | 1.15 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.898 years | 0.7846 years | 0.9722 years | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy? in New Zealand?
- How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy? in New Zealand was 0.9722 years in 2013, according to Zarulli et al. (2021) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy? recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 1.15 years in 2000.
- What is the lowest how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy? recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1816 years in 1951.
- How does New Zealand rank for how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy??
- New Zealand ranks 14th out of 33 countries with data for 2013.
- Is how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy? rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this New Zealand data come from?
- The figures come from Zarulli et al. (2021) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy?. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.