Ethnic and gender specific life expectancies of the Singapore population, 1965 to 2009 – converging, or diverging?

Table 2 Absolute and increase (relative to the five years prior) in life expectancy for both genders, Singapore, from 1965 to 2009

Absolute life expectancy for both genders, Singapore, from 1965 to 2009
	Year	1965	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1995	2000	2005
At birth	Female	71.6	72.8	74.2	75.4	77.8	79.8	80.7	83.1	85.4
At birth	Male	65.1	66.0	67.9	69.3	72.0	73.8	74.7	77.4	78.9
At age 65	Female	14.8	15.3	15.7	16.4	18.2	19.5	19.7	21.7	23.6
At age 65	Male	11.0	11.2	12.0	13.1	14.9	15.8	15.9	17.8	18.9
Increase in life expectancy for both genders, Singapore (relative to the five years prior), from 1965 to 2009
	Year	1965	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1995	2000	2005
At birth	Female	-	1.2	1.4	1.2	2.4	2.0	0.9	2.4	2.3
At birth	Male	-	0.9	1.9	1.4	2.7	1.8	0.9	2.7	1.5
At age 65	Female	-	0.5	0.4	0.7	1.8	1.3	0.2	2.0	1.9
At age 65	Male	-	0.2	0.8	1.1	1.8	0.9	0.1	1.9	1.1

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