Life expectancy at birth reaches 78 years in Turkey
ANKARA
Average life expectancy at birth for Turkish citizen reached 78 years in the 2015-2017 period, the statistics office TÜİK reported on Sept. 26.
Women live longer than men by 5.5 years on an average.
The institute said life expectancy at birth was 75.3 years for men and 80.8 years for women.
“For 15 year olds, at the minimum age to start working, the average remaining life expectancy was 64.1 -- 61.5 years for males and 66.8 years for females,” it said.
Official figures showed that the average remaining life expectancy at age 30 was 49.6 years and at age 50 was 30.5 years.
“In Turkey for 65 year olds, the average remaining life span was 17.7 years -- 16 years for males and 19.2 years for females.”
“In other words, for 65 year olds, women are expected to live 3.2 years more than men on average,” TÜİK said.
The institute noted that life tables - also known as mortality tables - explain probabilities of mortality and duration of survival at any age of the population in detail.
Making a contribution to the improvement of demographic and social statistics in the country, TÜİK said its objective is to produce reliable, sustainable and updated life tables for Turkey overall and for 81 provinces.
