INTRODUCTION
This publication presents complete life tables for 1995-1999. The data in the tables are detailed by single ages, for males and females separately, and are presented for the entire population and for Jews and other religions separately. The 1995 population data are derived from estimates based on the population count of the 1983 Census of Population and Housing. The 1996-1999 population data are derived from estimates based on the population count of the 1995 census.
The Central Bureau of Statistics produces two current series of life tables - complete and abridged. The abridged life tables (five-year age groups) are produced annually, and complete life tables (single year age groups) are produced for five-year periods (moving averages). The process of compiling the unabridged life table may result in some discrepancies between the abridged and the unabridged life expectancies, due to different methods of calculation.
MAIN FINDINGS
Life expectancy at birth in 1995-1999 was 80.5 years for women and 76.1 years for men. Among the Jewish population, life expectancy was 80.8 years for women and 76.6 years for men, and among the “other religions” population 77.8 for women and 74.1 for men.
Half of the females born between 1995 and 1999 can expect to live more than 83 years, and half of the males born in the same years can expect to live more than 79 years.
Approximately 24.7% of the women and 13.8% of the men born between 1995 and 1999 are expected to live on average 90 years (assuming that mortality patterns remain constant over time). Women aged 65 during this time period are expected to live 19.1 more years on average, and those aged 80 are expected to live another 9.1 years on average. Men who were aged 65 during the same period, are expected to live 16.4 years on average, and those aged 80 during this period are expected to live another 7.5 years on average.
In the World Health Report 2000, published by the World Health Organization, life expectancies based on assessment of life tables for each country were computed for 1999. In contrast to other industrialized countries, life expectancy of males in Israel ranks relatively high (76.2 years), just below that of Australia (76.8 years), Sweden (77.1 years) and Japan (77.6 years). The women’s situation is different. Israeli females are ranked relatively low, with a life expectancy of 79.9 years. Japan, France and Switzerland are at the top of the ranking, with life expectancies of 84.3 years, 83.6 and 83.0 years respectively. Germany, United States and United Kingdom are close to Israel at the ranking.
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