Table 1

(A) All cause mortality levels and trends, men aged 55–69 and 80–89, centralised birth cohorts 1895–1910, by country

Country	Mortality rate (× 10000) by centralised birth cohort				Relative change in mortality rate between subsequent centralised birth cohorts (%)
Country	1895	1900	1905	1910	1895–1900	1900–1905	1905–1910
Aged 55–69
Denmark	212.46	225.84	229.71	224.01	6.29	1.71	−2.48
England and Wales	298.60	297.38	285.20	267.64	−0.41	−4.10	−6.16
Finland	345.14	342.36	335.37	320.07	−0.80	−2.04	−4.56
France	279.41	282.70	270.58	250.08	1.18	−4.29	−7.58
Netherlands	203.58	217.06	229.24	229.41	6.62	5.61	0.07
Norway	192.22	207.20	208.91	204.28	7.79	0.82	−2.21
Sweden	198.89	198.23	195.77	192.72	−0.33	−1.24	−1.56
Aged 80–89
Denmark	1508.78	1485.48	1497.17	1476.78	−1.54	0.79	−1.36
England and Wales	1725.58	1622.06	1511.90	1427.60	−6.00	−6.79	−5.58
Finland	1670.92	1638.10	1582.05	1508.16	−1.96	−3.42	−4.67
France	1595.21	1498.76	1356.52	1258.63	−6.05	−9.49	−7.22
Netherlands	1497.12	1494.98	1520.32	1498.09	−0.14	1.70	−1.46
Norway	1479.93	1473.07	1477.12	1446.20	−0.46	0.28	−2.09
Sweden	1556.02	1506.78	1442.75	1375.34	−3.16	−4.25	−4.67