Colours: The coloured curves represent French males (blue) and females (red); for comparison, the light grey curves represent males (upper grey curve) and females (lower) in England & Wales.
Comment: In France, the mortality rate at age 70-79 years was on average 8% higher during 1940-45 than during 1935-39 (7% higher for females, 9% for males).
By contrast, there was no visible increase in mortality at this age during the 1914-18 war.
Method: Mortality rates were downloaded from the Human Mortality Database (see www.mortality.org or
www.humanmortality.de)
on 4 December 2009. The plotted lines connect unsmoothed values.
Colours: The coloured curves represent French males (blue) and females (red); for comparison, the light grey curves represent males (upper grey curve) and females (lower) in England & Wales.
Comment: In France, the mortality rate at age 70-79 years was on average 8% higher during 1940-45 than during 1935-39 (7% higher for females, 9% for males). By contrast, there was no visible increase in mortality at this age during the 1914-18 war.
Method: Mortality rates were downloaded from the Human Mortality Database (see www.mortality.org or www.humanmortality.de) on 4 December 2009. The plotted lines connect unsmoothed values.