"Figure 2: Average life spans: Life Expectancy at birth (LE), median age at death and modal age at death, 1841 to 2010, females","" "England and Wales","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Age in Years" "","" "","Life Expectancy at birth","Median age at death","Modal age at death" "1841","42.25","47.32","77.16" "1842","41.92","46.89","76.20" "1843","42.62","48.28","73.71" "1844","42.28","47.75","73.27" "1845","43.22","49.39","73.20" "1846","41.22","45.53","73.26" "1847","39.57","42.55","73.50" "1848","40.97","44.60","74.60" "1849","38.54","39.91","75.90" "1850","43.71","50.16","76.21" "1851","41.93","46.84","75.97" "1852","41.47","45.73","75.05" "1853","41.11","45.29","73.98" "1854","40.44","43.58","73.64" "1855","41.86","47.18","73.64" "1856","43.58","49.48","73.88" "1857","41.86","46.95","74.63" "1858","40.50","44.21","75.69" "1859","41.37","45.71","76.24" "1860","43.13","49.35","76.28" "1861","42.79","48.80","75.86" "1862","43.32","49.55","74.64" "1863","41.55","46.12","73.53" "1864","40.80","45.12","73.23" "1865","41.10","45.57","73.21" "1866","41.40","45.93","73.37" "1867","43.45","49.99","73.84" "1868","43.03","49.19","74.90" "1869","42.74","49.05","75.70" "1870","42.05","47.89","75.93" "1871","42.65","48.55","75.52" "1872","44.27","51.14","74.41" "1873","44.92","52.96","73.27" "1874","43.59","50.45","72.87" "1875","42.99","49.80","72.70" "1876","44.37","51.48","72.60" "1877","45.45","53.15","72.49" "1878","43.63","51.07","72.28" "1879","45.13","53.24","71.70" "1880","44.58","52.66","74.79" "1881","46.65","55.25","74.47" "1882","45.50","53.83","73.86" "1883","45.66","53.97","73.54" "1884","45.20","53.46","73.39" "1885","46.13","54.95","73.29" "1886","46.15","55.16","73.20" "1887","46.60","55.54","73.03" "1888","47.97","57.19","72.48" "1889","47.57","56.98","70.25" "1890","45.95","54.64","69.42" "1891","46.23","55.14","69.51" "1892","47.28","56.79","70.40" "1893","46.34","55.51","71.75" "1894","49.98","59.97","72.31" "1895","47.11","57.17","72.50" "1896","48.74","58.75","72.56" "1897","48.31","58.49","72.55" "1898","47.92","58.18","72.50" "1899","47.03","56.96","72.42" "1900","47.52","57.32","72.64" "1901","48.83","58.90","73.77" "1902","50.27","60.25","74.04" "1903","51.42","61.54","74.01" "1904","49.96","60.51","73.97" "1905","51.74","61.91","74.00" "1906","51.49","61.70","74.13" "1907","52.46","62.35","74.33" "1908","53.00","63.06","74.57" "1909","53.49","63.29","74.77" "1910","55.17","65.03","74.87" "1911","53.06","63.89","74.83" "1912","56.06","65.88","74.71" "1913","55.28","65.40","74.61" "1914","55.13","65.21","74.58" "1915","54.02","64.33","74.67" "1916","56.53","66.40","74.93" "1917","56.89","66.95","75.43" "1918","49.91","59.25","76.08" "1919","56.12","66.34","76.70" "1920","58.69","68.73","77.15" "1921","60.02","69.55","77.32" "1922","59.32","68.60","77.29" "1923","61.06","70.05","77.12" "1924","60.09","69.34","76.86" "1925","60.24","69.67","76.63" "1926","61.56","70.52","76.58" "1927","60.95","69.79","76.71" "1928","62.21","70.80","76.95" "1929","59.61","68.91","77.19" "1930","62.97","71.42","77.37" "1931","61.81","70.48","77.48" "1932","62.37","70.94","77.50" "1933","62.16","70.72","77.48" "1934","63.16","71.48","77.43" "1935","63.97","71.88","77.41" "1936","63.89","71.74","77.50" "1937","63.90","71.65","77.70" "1938","65.39","72.85","77.93" "1939","65.60","72.74","78.15" "1940","63.20","71.02","78.36" "1941","64.19","72.32","78.58" "1942","66.71","74.11","78.84" "1943","66.72","73.91","79.19" "1944","67.58","74.53","79.62" "1945","67.95","74.73","80.04" "1946","68.67","74.91","80.25" "1947","68.53","74.85","80.18" "1948","70.29","75.95","79.96" "1949","69.95","75.29","79.72" "1950","70.61","75.64","79.58" "1951","70.65","75.36","79.57" "1952","72.12","76.60","79.72" "1953","72.24","76.68","79.99" "1954","72.72","76.95","80.37" "1955","72.70","76.87","80.77" "1956","72.99","77.01","81.09" "1957","73.23","77.25","81.25" "1958","73.39","77.30","81.28" "1959","73.48","77.39","81.29" "1960","73.82","77.68","81.33" "1961","73.87","77.63","81.46" "1962","73.99","77.80","81.73" "1963","73.93","77.74","82.08" "1964","74.78","78.53","82.42" "1965","74.81","78.54","82.76" "1966","74.73","78.36","83.03" "1967","75.23","78.88","83.17" "1968","74.90","78.48","83.19" "1969","74.96","78.43","83.07" "1970","75.19","78.69","82.79" "1971","75.51","79.08","82.51" "1972","75.24","78.77","82.48" "1973","75.46","79.00","82.61" "1974","75.65","79.13","82.75" "1975","75.85","79.36","82.90" "1976","75.85","79.24","83.03" "1977","76.33","79.69","83.18" "1978","76.30","79.68","83.38" "1979","76.41","79.69","83.64" "1980","76.78","80.02","83.99" "1981","77.08","80.25","84.31" "1982","77.18","80.28","84.55" "1983","77.42","80.50","84.68" "1984","77.78","80.78","84.72" "1985","77.57","80.57","84.73" "1986","77.88","80.82","84.75" "1987","78.16","81.10","84.83" "1988","78.26","81.21","84.98" "1989","78.33","81.19","85.18" "1990","78.71","81.55","85.38" "1991","78.79","81.56","85.55" "1992","79.15","81.86","85.66" "1993","79.00","81.72","85.70" "1994","79.53","82.23","85.72" "1995","79.43","82.15","85.76" "1996","79.54","82.24","85.84" "1997","79.70","82.43","86.02" "1998","79.92","82.65","86.28" "1999","80.00","82.78","86.56" "2000","80.36","83.19","86.84" "2001","80.57","83.40","87.09" "2002","80.71","83.45","87.28" "2003","80.69","83.48","87.47" "2004","81.24","84.05","87.67" "2005","81.42","84.19","87.89" "2006","81.73","84.55","88.12" "2007","81.88","84.68","88.34" "2008","81.94","84.81","88.51" "2009","82.48","85.33","88.58" "2010","82.62","85.46","88.53"