Life expectancy at birth for men, in a number of countries, 1995-2003 (Eurostat, 2006)
| 1995
| 1996
| 1997
| 1998
| 1999
| 2000
| 2001
| 2002
| 2003
|
Austria
| 73.3
| 73.7
| 74.1
| 74.5
| 74.8
| 75.1
| 75.6
| 74.8
| 76.0
|
Belgium
| 73.4
| 73.8
| 74.1
| 74.3
| 74.4
| 74.6
| 74.9
| 75.1
| 75.4
|
Cyprus
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| 77.0
|
Czech Republic
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| 72.1
| -
|
Denmark
| 72.7
| 73.0
| 73.6
| 73.9
| 74.2
| 74.5
| 74.7
| 74.8
| 74.9
|
Finland
| 72.8
| 73.0
| 73.4
| 73.5
| 73.8
| 74.2
| 74.6
| 74.9
| 75.1
|
France
| 73.9
| 74.1
| 74.6
| 74.8
| 75.0
| 75.3
| 75.5
| 75.8
| 75.8
|
Germany
| 73.3
| 73.6
| 74.0
| 74.5
| 74.7
| 75.0
| 75.6
| 75.4
| 75.5
|
Greece
| 75.0
| 75.1
| 75.6
| 75.4
| 75.5
| 75.5
| 75.4
| 75.4
| 75.4
|
Hungary
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| 68.4
|
Ireland
| 72.9
| 73.1
| 73.3
| 73.4
| 73.4
| 73.9
| 74.7
| 75.2
| 74.9
|
Italy
| 74.9
| 75.3
| 75.7
| 75.7
| 76.1
| 76.6
| 76.7
| 76.8
| 76.9
|
Malta
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| 75.9
| -
|
Netherlands
| 74.6
| 74.7
| 75.2
| 75.2
| 75.3
| 75.5
| 75.8
| 76.0
| 76.1
|
Norway
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| 77.0
|
Poland
| -
| 68.1
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| 70.4
| -
|
Portugal
| 71.6
| 71.4
| 72.0
| 72.2
| 72.6
| 73.2
| 73.5
| 73.8
| 74.0
|
Spain
| 74.3
| 74.4
| 75.0
| 75.1
| 75.1
| 75.7
| 75.6
| 75.8
| 77.2
|
Sweden
| 76.2
| 76.5
| 76.7
| 76.9
| 77.1
| 77.4
| 77.6
| 77.7
| 77.9
|
United Kingdom
| 74.0
| 74.3
| 74.7
| 74.8
| 75.0
| 75.5
| 75.5
| 75.9
| 76.2
|
EU-15
| 73.9
| 74.2
| 74.6
| 74.6
| 74.9
| 75.5
| 75.7
| 75.8
| 75.8
|
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