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Table 1 Life expectancy at 60 years and older of South Korea and Japan in 1997 and 2017

From: Mind the gaps: age and cause specific mortality and life expectancy in the older population of South Korea and Japan

Age group

1997 (95% CI)

2017 (95% CI)

Gaps in LE between countries

Changes in gaps between 2017 and 1997

Korea (a)

Japan (b)

Korea (c)

Japan (d)

1997 (b-a)

2017 (d-c)

LE 60

20.09 ± 0.04

23.87 ± 0.02

25.09 ± 0.03

26.40 ± 0.01

3.78

1.31

−2.47

LE 65

16.29 ± 0.04

19.77 ± 0.02

20.74 ± 0.03

22.15 ± 0.01

3.48

1.41

−2.07

LE 70

12.74 ± 0.04

15.93 ± 0.02

16.60 ± 0.03

18.04 ± 0.02

3.19

1.44

−1.75

LE 75

9.66 ± 0.04

12.35 ± 0.02

12.82 ± 0.02

14.18 ± 0.01

2.69

1.36

−1.33

LE 80

7.11 ± 0.04

9.19 ± 0.02

9.48 ± 0.03

10.67 ± 0.01

2.08

1.19

−0.89

LE 85

5.10 ± 0.04

6.61 ± 0.02

6.75 ± 0.03

7.69 ± 0.02

1.51

0.94

−0.57

LE 90

3.57 ± 0.06

4.63 ± 0.02

4.71 ± 0.04

5.30 ± 0.02

1.06

0.59

−0.47

LE 95

2.61 ± 1.00

3.14 ± 0.04

3.31 ± 0.06

3.45 ± 0.02

0.53

0.14

−0.67