Table 3 Absolute and increase (relative to the five years prior) in life expectancy by ethnicity and gender, Singapore, from 1965 to 2009

At birth

Chinese females

72.8

73.8

75.2

76.2

78.8

80.9

81.7

84.2

86.6

Chinese males

65.6

66.5

68.4

70.1

72.8

74.5

75.3

77.6

79.8

Malay females

65.1

67.2

69.3

71.2

73.0

74.2

75.1

77.1

78.7

Malay males

63.6

65.3

67.5

68.8

71.0

71.6

72.7

74.3

74.8

Indian females

65.9

67.1

68.0

70.9

73.2

75.7

78.7

82.4

84.7

Indian males

63.9

64.4

64.7

65.6

69.6

73.5

75.2

82.2

79.6

At age 65

Chinese females

15.1

15.7

16.1

16.8

18.8

20.1

20.3

22.2

24.3

Chinese males

11.1

11.1

12.0

13.2

15.0

15.7

15.6

17.2

19.0

Malay females

11.4

11.8

12.2

13.3

14.4

15.2

15.8

17.5

18.5

Malay males

10.4

11.3

12.2

12.8

14.1

14.5

14.6

16.0

16.0

Indian females

11.8

11.7

11.9

13.3

14.3

16.3

18.5

21.8

23.7

Indian males

10.1

11.5

11.3

11.7

15.0

18.5

21.1

27.4

23.8

Year

1965

1970

1975

1980

1985

1990

1995

2000

2005

At birth

Chinese females

-

1.0

1.4

1.0

2.6

2.1

0.8

2.5

2.4

Chinese males

-

0.9

1.9

1.7

2.7

1.7

0.8

2.3

2.2

Malay females

-

2.1

2.1

1.9

1.8

1.2

0.9

2.0

1.6

Malay males

-

1.7

2.2

1.3

2.2

0.6

1.1

1.6

0.5

Indian females

-

1.2

0.9

2.9

2.3

2.5

3.0

3.7

2.3

Indian males

-

0.5

0.3

0.9

4.0

3.9

1.7

7.0

-2.6

At age 65

Chinese females

-

0.6

0.4

0.7

2.0

1.3

0.2

1.9

2.1

Chinese males

-

0.0

0.9

1.2

1.8

0.7

-0.1

1.6

1.8

Malay females

-

0.4

0.4

1.1

1.1

0.8

0.6

1.7

1.0

Malay males

-

0.9

0.9

0.6

1.3

0.4

0.1

1.4

0.0

Indian females

-

-0.1

0.2

1.4

1.0

2.0

2.2

3.3

1.9

Indian males

-

1.4

-0.2

0.4

3.3

3.5

2.6

6.3

-3.6