"Figure 1: Period expectation of life at birth (years), from English Life Tables (ELT) No.s 1 to 17","" "Based on data for England and Wales, 1841 to 2010-2012","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Life expectancy" "","" "Age 0","Males","Females" "1841 (1)","40.17","42.16" "1838-44 (2)","40.36","42.04" "1838-54 (3)","39.91","41.85" "1871-80 (4)","41.35","44.62" "1881-90 (5)","43.66","47.18" "1891-1900 (6)","44.13","47.77" "1901-1910 (7)","48.53","52.38" "1910-12 (8)","51.50","55.35" "1920-22 (9)","55.62","59.58" "1930-32 (10)","58.74","62.88" "1950-52 (11)","66.42","71.54" "1960-62 (12)","68.09","74.00" "1970-72 (13)","69.00","75.25" "1980-82 (14)","71.04","77.00" "1990-92 (15)","73.41","78.96" "2000-02 (16)","75.96","80.59" "2010-12 (17)","78.97","82.80"