Declining birthrate in Japan

Males : 74 .9

Females : 81 .4 Males : 75 .1

Females : 82 .8

Source (Froehlich , 206

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In comparison with other countries , Japanese individuals possess the highest life expectancy ratings , especially the females . The advent of medical technology has been increasingly affecting the demographics however , considering that these compared countries also possess medical advancements , the probable etiological causation for the increase is due to integrative associations such as population characteristics , socio-cultural factors , etc

The fastest , sustained drop in mortality rates over

the past half century has been in Japan . Following World War II , Japanese life expectancy soared at rates seldom seen before or since . For two decades or more , mortality rates fell at an annual rate of more than 5 percent a year . Life expectancy of Japanese individuals rose by almost five years a decade . The pace of advance has slacked somewhat in recent years . In fact , even in the 1990s however , mortality rates fell more than 2 a year and life expectancy rose two years . Since 1965 , life expectancy in the United States has been lower than in Japan and has been rising more slowly . theless , official government agencies and many private demographers project improvements in life expectancy at approximately the same rate as that foreseen for Japan (Brookings Institution , 2004 br

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Table 3 : Life Expectancies in Japan : 1960-2002 Portraying Probable Advancing

Changes

Average life expectancies (years

Male Female Sex Differences

1960 65 .32 70 .19 4 .87

1970 69 .31 74 .66 5 .35

1980 73 .35 78 .76 5 .41

1990 75 .92 81 .9 5 .98

2000 77 .72 84 .6 6 .88

2001 78 .07 84 .93 6 .86

2001 78 .32 85 .23 6 .91

2006 77 .86 84 .61 6 .75

2007 78 .67...