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Table 3 Life Expectancy at Age 50 by Sex and Education
Life Expectancy
13+ Years
Education 0-11 Years
12 Years 13+ Years 13-15 Years 16+ Years
Men
26.3
28.2
30.7
29.0
32.2
(25.8-26.9) (27.5-28.8) (30.2-31.3) (28.4-29.6) (31.5-32.9)
Women
30.3
32.9
34.5
33.7
35.5
(29.8-30.7) (32.3-33.5) (34.0-35.0) (33.0-34.4) (34.6-36.4)
Table 4 The Modal Age of Death and the Standard Deviation
above the Modal Age of Death [SD(
M
+)] by Sex and
Education
Life Table Deaths
13+ Years
Education
0-11 Years
12 Years 13+ Years 13-15 Years 16+ Years
Men
Modal Age
80.2
82.5
85.4
83.4
87.0
(79.4-81.0) (81.8-83.3) (84.8-86.0) (82.8-84.1) (86.3-87.7)
SD(
M
+)
9.0
7.8
7.5
7.7
7.4
(8.6-9.5) (7.3-8.4) (7.0-8.0) (7.2-8.3) (6.8-8.0)
Women
Modal Age
85.0
87.6
89.3
88.6
90.0
(84.4-85.5) (87.1-88.2) (88.8-89.8) (87.9-89.3) (89.2-90.9)
SD(
M
+)
8.2
6.9
6.7
7.1
6.2
(7.8-8.6) (6.4-7.4) (6.4-7.1) (6.6-7.7) (5.7-6.6)