title: Trends and future prospects of the female overlife by regions in Europe.
abstract: The author analyzes trends in the sex differential in life expectancy in twentieth-century Europe.  "The magnitude of the sex differential in life expectancy at birth--which is the most convenient measure for summarising changes in the relative mortality of the sexes through the available national life tables...is set forth for each member country together with a geographic classification by regions...."  The results indicate that a continuation of the widening of the difference favoring women will occur.  Gains for both males and females will be quite small during the next century, however.
mesh_terms: D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D005060:Europe; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008136:Longevity; D009026:Mortality; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics
keywords: Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Differential Mortality; Europe; Length Of Life--changes; Life Expectancy--women; Mortality; Population; Population Dynamics