Table 1

Population size, real GDP per capita and mortality rates for both genders and two age groups for 19 OECD countries in 1950 and 2008

	Population size (×1000)*		Real GDP per capita		Mortality rate age 70–74, male (%)		Mortality rate age 70–74, female (%)		Mortality rate age 40–44, male (%)		Mortality rate age 40–44, female (%)
Year	1950	2008	1950	2008	1950	2008	1950	2008	1950	2008	1950	2008
Australia†	8267	20 750	7412	25 301	6.54	2.28	4.28	1.38	0.40	0.15	0.32	0.10
Austria	6935	8206	3706	24 131	6.60	2.65	4.97	1.40	0.46	0.16	0.34	0.08
Belgium	8639	10 404	5462	23 655	7.91	2.41	5.66	1.05	0.72	0.16	0.60	0.09
Canada†	14 011	32 936	7291	25 267	5.47	2.67	4.25	1.67	0.40	0.16	0.31	0.10
Denmark	4271	5485	6943	24 621	5.18	3.24	4.62	2.15	0.29	0.18	0.26	0.12
Finland	4009	5245	4253	24 344	7.59	2.90	5.58	1.41	0.65	0.26	0.33	0.10
France†	42 518	63 682	5186	22 223	6.43	2.58	4.37	1.20	0.54	0.23	0.33	0.11
Ireland	2963	4518	3453	27 898	6.28	3.02	5.31	1.69	0.47	0.16	0.45	0.10
Italy†	47 105	59 627	2881	19 909	5.40	2.61	4.67	1.32	0.43	0.14	0.30	0.08
Japan	83 805	127 788	1921	22 816	7.91	2.41	5.66	1.05	0.72	0.16	0.60	0.09
The Netherlands	10 121	16 410	3502	24 695	4.70	2.80	4.33	1.63	0.26	0.14	0.22	0.10
New Zealand	1908	4173	8456	25 267	5.91	2.50	4.08	1.74	0.31	0.16	0.29	0.11
Norway	3265	4644	5996	28 500	4.34	2.64	3.75	1.57	0.30	0.15	0.21	0.08
Portugal	8443	10 677	2086	14 436	6.90	3.02	4.91	1.54	0.70	0.28	0.43	0.12
Spain†	28 063	44 432	2189	19 706	6.60	2.81	5.04	1.27	0.59	0.21	0.40	0.10
Sweden	7014	9045	6769	24 409	5.07	2.51	4.54	1.49	0.28	0.13	0.25	0.09
Switzerland†	4694	7555	9064	25 104	6.15	2.37	4.54	1.29	0.38	0.14	0.28	0.08
UK	50 127	61 643	6939	23 742	6.71	2.84	4.63	1.85	0.37	0.19	0.28	0.12
USA†	157 868	301 580	9561	31 178	6.02	3.02	4.28	2.03	0.53	0.28	0.35	0.17