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

Table 3 Age specific contributions to the changes in life expectancy in South Korea and Japan

Age	Gap in Korea LE Between 1997 and 2017		Gap in Japan LE Between 1997 and 2017		Gap in LE between Korea and Japan in 1997 (a)		Gap in LE between Korea and Japan in 2017 (b)		Changes in gaps between 2017 and 1997 (b-a)
Age	Years	%	Years	%	Years	%	Years	%	Years	%
60–64	0.74	14.8	0.27	10.7	0.47	12.4	−0.02	−1.5	− 0.49	19.8
65–69	0.83	16.6	0.37	14.6	0.52	13.7	0.04	3.0	−0.48	19.4
70–74	0.96	19.2	0.39	15.4	0.74	19.5	0.16	12.1	−0.58	23.5
75–79	0.96	19.2	0.45	17.8	0.79	20.8	0.28	21.2	−0.51	20.6
80–84	0.79	15.8	0.47	18.6	0.64	16.9	0.33	25.0	−0.31	12.6
85–89	0.47	9.4	0.36	14.2	0.40	10.6	0.31	23.5	−0.09	3.6
90–94	0.20	4.0	0.18	7.1	0.20	5.3	0.23	17.4	+ 0.03	−1.2
95+	0.05	1.0	0.04	1.6	0.03	0.8	−0.01	−0.70	−0.04	1.7
Total	5.00	100	2.53	100	3.79	100	1.32	100	−2.47	100

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