"Figure 6.4: Estimated and projected period expectation of life at birth according to mortality rates for given years, UK, 1961 to mid-2039","" "","" "","" "Notes","1. Figures up to 2014 are displayed on a calendar year basis. Figures for 2014 onwards are as at year ending June" "Unit","Years" "","" "","Expectation of life at birth (males)","High LE projection (males)","Principal LE projection (males)","Low LE projection (males)","Expectation of life at birth (females)","High LE projection (females)","Principal LE projection (females)","Low LE projection (females)" "1981","70.9","","","","76.9","","","" "1982","71.1","","","","77.0","","","" "1983","71.3","","","","77.2","","","" "1984","71.7","","","","77.6","","","" "1985","71.7","","","","77.4","","","" "1986","71.9","","","","77.7","","","" "1987","72.3","","","","78.0","","","" "1988","72.4","","","","78.1","","","" "1989","72.6","","","","78.1","","","" "1990","72.9","","","","78.5","","","" "1991","73.1","","","","78.6","","","" "1992","73.5","","","","79.0","","","" "1993","73.5","","","","78.8","","","" "1994","74.1","","","","79.3","","","" "1995","74.0","","","","79.2","","","" "1996","74.2","","","","79.4","","","" "1997","74.5","","","","79.5","","","" "1998","74.7","","","","79.8","","","" "1999","74.9","","","","79.8","","","" "2000","75.4","","","","80.2","","","" "2001","75.7","","","","80.4","","","" "2002","75.8","","","","80.5","","","" "2003","76.1","","","","80.5","","","" "2004","76.6","","","","81.0","","","" "2005","76.9","","","","81.2","","","" "2006","77.2","","","","81.5","","","" "2007","77.4","","","","81.6","","","" "2008","77.6","","","","81.7","","","" "2009","78.1","","","","82.2","","","" "2010","78.4","","","","82.4","","","" "2011","78.8","","","","82.7","","","" "2012","79.0","","","","82.7","","","" "2013","79.0","","","","82.8","","","" "2014","79.3","","","","83.0","","","" "2015","","78.9","78.9","78.9","","82.5","82.5","82.5" "2016","","80.0","79.8","79.6","","83.6","83.4","83.2" "2017","","80.3","80.0","79.8","","83.8","83.5","83.3" "2018","","80.5","80.3","80.0","","84.0","83.7","83.5" "2019","","80.8","80.5","80.2","","84.2","83.9","83.7" "2020","","81.1","80.8","80.5","","84.4","84.1","83.8" "2021","","81.4","81.0","80.6","","84.6","84.3","84.0" "2022","","81.6","81.2","80.8","","84.8","84.5","84.1" "2023","","81.9","81.4","81.0","","85.1","84.6","84.2" "2024","","82.2","81.7","81.2","","85.3","84.8","84.4" "2025","","82.4","81.9","81.3","","85.5","85.0","84.5" "2026","","82.7","82.1","81.4","","85.7","85.1","84.6" "2027","","82.9","82.2","81.5","","85.9","85.3","84.7" "2028","","83.2","82.4","81.7","","86.2","85.5","84.8" "2029","","83.5","82.6","81.8","","86.4","85.6","84.8" "2030","","83.7","82.8","81.8","","86.6","85.8","84.9" "2031","","84.0","82.9","81.9","","86.8","85.9","85.0" "2032","","84.2","83.1","82.0","","87.1","86.0","85.0" "2033","","84.5","83.3","82.0","","87.3","86.2","85.1" "2034","","84.7","83.4","82.1","","87.5","86.3","85.1" "2035","","85.0","83.5","82.1","","87.7","86.4","85.1" "2036","","85.2","83.7","82.1","","88.0","86.6","85.1" "2037","","85.5","83.8","82.2","","88.2","86.7","85.1" "2038","","85.7","83.9","82.2","","88.4","86.8","85.2" "2039","","86.0","84.1","82.2","","88.7","86.9","85.2"