NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS ROMANIA «La statistique [est la] science de l État» Michel Foucault LIFE EXPECTANCY - October 2013 -
Following a tradition of over 150 years, the official statistics of Romania is coordinated and organized by the National Institute of Statistics (INS), specialized body of the central public administration subordinated to the Government of Romania. Operating within a framework of professional independence and political neutrality, the INS represents the main institution responsible with the production and dissemination of official statistics in Romania. Mission The activity of the INS is equally vital for the Government as well as for the other co-authors of the public policies for a better knowledge of the Romanian society within the European context. The knowledge of the society as to its economic and social aspects is necessary not only to the state but also to the foreign investors, local authorities, economic agents, researchers and public at large. Vision The Romanian official statistics is connected to the social life investigation methodologies used at international and European level, being part of the European Statistical System along with Eurostat (the Statistical Office of the European Commission) and the other statistical institutes of EU28. Assets In order to accomplish its mission, the employees of the INS comply with the fundamental principles of the statistics operating in the European democratic regimes, the Code of Practice of the European Statistics and the Statistician s Code of Ethics. Date source: INS, EUROSTAT Contact data: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS Bulevardul Libertãþii, Nr.16, Sector 5, Bucureºti Telephone: +4021 318 18 71; +4021 317 77 70 Fax: +4021 312 48 75 e-mail: romstat@insse.ro http://www.insse.ro Graphics: INS, Division of Statistical Publications Editing Cover photo: c.vitty INS, October 2013
85+ 80 75 70 65 Male Female 60 55 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 300 200 100 0 100 200 300 30 Years Population by age and gender in 1968 and 2012 Thou persons 1968 2012 Thou persons Evolution of natality, mortality and natural change between 1960 and 2012 per 1,000 inhabitants 25 20 15 10 ~ 0 1) 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2012 Birth rate Mortality Positive natural change Negative natural change 1) Provisional data.
Years Evolution of crude mortality rate between 1960-2012 2012 2010 2000 1990 1980 1970 1960 12.0 12.1 11.4 10.6 10.4 9.5 8.7 0 3 6 9 12 15 Deaths per 1,000 inhabitants Overall mortality rate by gender (1960-2012) Per 1,000 inhabitants 15.0 12.5 10.0 7.5 1960 1962 1964 1966 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 Overall mortality rate by residential area (1960-2012) 1960 1962 1964 1966 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 Total Male Female Per 1,000 inhabitants 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 Total Urban Rural
Years Mortality by main causes of death in 1965, 1980, 1990 and 2012 - per 100,000 inhabitants - 1965 1980 1990 2012 Total 858.7 1047.7 1064.7 1198.8 Circulatory diseases 272.2 589.8 627.0 719.5 Tumors 123.0 135.4 142.1 230.2 Respiratory diseases 135.9 137.1 97.3 62.2 Digestive diseases 40.0 45.5 50.3 67.9 Infectious and parasitic diseases 9.1 10.9 13.1 11.2 Accidents, poisoning, injuries 52.0 67.3 76.5 49.7 Other causes 3.2 3.0 2.8 10.7 Standardized mortality rate from ischemic disease and tumors in Romania and at the level of the EU-27, in 2000 and 2010 - per 100,000 inhabitants - Coronary heart disease Tumors 2000 2010 2000 2010 UE-27 114.8 p 76.2 p 187.2 p 166.9 p Romania 232.5 187.3 172.8 180.1 Data source: Eurostat; p provisional data Evolution of infant mortality in the period 1960-2012 2012 2010 2000 1990 1980 1970 1960 9.0 9.8 18.6 26.9 29.3 49.4 74.6 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 Deaths under 1 year of age per 1,000 live-births
Infant mortality by age in 1960, 1980, 1990 and 2012 - per 1,000 live births - 1960 1980 1990 2012 Infant mortality 74.6 29.3 26.9 9.0 Neonatal (0-28 days) 21.2 11.1 8.9 4.8 Early neonatal (0-6 days) 8.8 6.4 5.2 3.2 Postneonatal (1-11 months) 54.6 18.2 18.0 4.2 Infant mortality by death cause in 1965, 1980, 1990 and 2012 - per 10,000 live birth - 200 150 100 50 0 180.7 115.7 120.1 105.7 62.1 52.2 34.9 45.2 40.2 21.2 23.6 21.4 31.0 26.2 21.2 1.7 1965 1980 1990 2012 Infectious and parasitic diseases Respiratory diseases Disorders in the perinatal period Congenital malformations Infant mortality in Romania and at EU-27 level in 2001, 2005 and 2011 - per 1,000 live births - 2001 2005 2011 EU - 27 5.7 4.9 3.9 Romania 18.4 15.0 9.4
Evolution of men life expectancy at birth (1956-2011) 2009-2011 70.1 2003-2005 1996-1998 1989-1991 1970-1972 1956 61.5 65.5 66.6 66.3 68.2 60 62 64 66 68 Years 70 72 Evolution of women life expectancy at birth (1956-2011) 2009-2011 2003-2005 1996-1998 1989-1991 73.3 73.1 75.5 77.5 1970-1972 1956 65.0 70.9 60 62 64 66 68 70 72 74 76 78 80 Years Evolution of life expectancy at various ages (2008-2011) Life expectancy (years) 84 74 64 54 44 34 24 14 4 0 1 5 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 Years Total Male Female
Birth life expectancy in the EU-28 countries in 2011 ITALY SPAIN FRANCE SWEDEN NETHERLANDS UNITED KINGDOM CYPRUS AUSTRIA MALTA LUXEMBOURG PORTUGAL GERMANY GREECE IRELAND FINLAND BELGIUM SLOVENIA DENMARK CZECH REPUBLIC CROATIA POLAND ESTONIA SLOVAKIA HUNGARY ROMANIA BULGARIA LATVIA LITHUANIA 82.1 81.7 81.6 81.0 80.6 80.5 80.5 80.5 80.4 80.4 80.1 80.1 80.0 79.9 79.9 79.8 79.8 79.4 79.1 77.2 76.6 76.2 75.7 75.5 74.5 74.3 73.4 73.1 65 70 75 80 85 Years
Birth life expectancy and healthy life expectancy by gender in Romania and EU-27 in 2007 and 2011 UE-27 Romania Men 61.7 years 60.6 years 2007 76.1 years 69.7 years EU-27 Romania Women 62.6 years 62.6 years 82.2 years 76.9 years EU-27 Romania Men e 61.8 years 57.5 years 2011 77.4 yearse 71.0 years EU-27 Romania Women e 62.2 years 57.1 years e 83.2 years 78.2 years Birth life expectancy Healthy life expectancy - men Healthy life expectancy - women Data source: Eurostat. e - Estimated data.
HOW MANY YEARS OF HEALTHY LIFE DO WE LIVE? The indicator Healthy Life Expectancy answers the above question. The indicator has been developed in order to analyze whether the ascending trend of life expectancy is accompanied by an increase in time or not. As a result of Romania accession to the European Union, INS has been calculating the indicator of healthy life expectancy since 2007, using the self-declaration on health. In our country, although the life expectancy of men is less than that of women (71 years compared to 78.2 years), the healthy life expectancy of men is higher than that of women (57.5 years compared to 57.1 years). At the European Union level, the highest healthy life expectancy is in Malta (70.7 years for women and 70.3 years for men, respectively) and in Sweden (70.2 years and 71.1 years, respectively) and the lowest in Slovakia (52 years) and Slovenia (54 years). METHODOLOGICAL NOTE For this publication the number of births and deaths registered in Romania has been taken into consideration, as well as the number of births and deaths registered outside the country for the Romanian citizens living abroad for more than 12 months. Therefore, the population based on which the mortality rates have been calculated is the population of Romania that hasn t been affected by the balance of temporary external migration (more than 12 months).