JAKARTA - Japanese women have again recorded the highest life expectancy in the world for 41 consecutive years. Meanwhile, Japanese men fell to seventh place even though the number increased.
Kyodo News quoted Friday, July 24, saying Japanese government data showed that the life expectancy of women in 2025 reached 87.33 years. The figure rose 0.20 years compared to the previous year.
The life expectancy of Japanese men also increased by 0.25 years to 81.35 years. However, its ranking fell from sixth to seventh in the world.
According to the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare, the increase was driven by a decrease in the death rate from several types of cancer and heart disease.
South Korea is in second place for women with a life expectancy of 86.6 years, followed by Spain at 86.53 years.
For men, Sweden leads with 82.52 years. Switzerland is in second place with 82.4 years, followed by Italy 81.74 years.
The data also projects the possibility that babies born in Japan in 2025 will die at some point in their lives from cancer, heart disease, or cerebrovascular disease.
Cerebrovascular disease is a disorder of the blood vessels that supply blood to the brain, including stroke.
It is projected that female babies born in 2025 have a 39.70 percent chance of dying from these three groups of diseases. In male babies, the probability reaches 45.03 percent.
This figure is down from the previous year. In women, the decline reached 0.59 percentage points. While in men it fell 0.38 percentage points.
Life expectancy is an estimate of the average length of life of the population based on the pattern of deaths in a given period.
The ministry compiles a brief life table every year using estimates of the population and other data.
Meanwhile, the complete life table is compiled based on the results of the national census conducted every five years.
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