Table 1

Average life expectancy and inequality by welfare state type

MeanMinimumMaximum
Men
 Life expectancy
  Nordic77.5875.8279.37
  Bismarckian77.3176.5279.08
  Southern European77.2275.4778.62
  Anglo Saxon77.1474.8479.16
  Confucian76.9974.9979.00
  Eastern European71.2569.1674.40
  Ex-Soviet64.0860.3367.39
  Total74.1660.3379.37
 Inequality
  Nordic10.479.8711.37
  Bismarckian10.689.9611.49
  Southern European10.9210.3411.35
  Anglo Saxon11.1810.2712.83
  Confucian11.8210.7212.92
  Eastern European12.1811.2112.94
  Ex-Soviet14.3013.5315.38
  Total11.679.8715.38
Women
 Life expectancy
  Confucian83.5881.3785.79
  Southern European83.4582.1984.09
  Bismarckian82.6981.7684.13
  Nordic82.3480.5282.90
  Anglo Saxon81.7679.8183.80
  Eastern European78.9276.2781.78
  Ex-Soviet75.7873.2378.57
  Total80.8273.2385.79
 Inequality
  Southern European8.968.859.05
  Bismarckian9.309.009.53
  Nordic9.359.0910.03
  Confucian9.909.3510.45
  Anglo Saxon9.969.1711.33
  Eastern European9.989.2810.79
  Ex-Soviet11.2610.5312.19
  Total9.888.8512.19