| Males | Females | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1970 | 1984 | 1994 | 2004 | 2010a | 1970 | 1984 | 1994 | 2004 | 2010a |
Overall life expectancy | 67.31 | 69.85 | 70.59 | 73.27 | 75.10 | 74.42 | 77.29 | 78.33 | 80.18 | 81.41 |
  EME | 68.18 | 72.08 | 73.91 | 76.56 | 77.90 | 74.75 | 78.75 | 80.43 | 82.18 | 83.13 |
  CEE | 67.00 | 67.32 | 67.98 | 71.27 | 72.46 | 73.06 | 74.68 | 76.19 | 79.03 | 79.94 |
  FSU | 64.26 | 62.67 | 58.97 | 59.98 | 63.46 | 73.88 | 73.41 | 71.75 | 72.86 | 74.95 |
Max-Min range between country groups | 3.91 | 9.41 | 14.94 | 16.58 | 14.44 | 1.69 | 5.34 | 8.68 | 9.32 | 8.18 |
Overall standard deviation | 2.04 | 4.00 | 6.09 | 6.45 | 5.55 | 1.00 | 2.47 | 3.77 | 4.06 | 3.57 |
  EME | 1.28 | 1.37 | 1.48 | 1.39 | 1.31 | 0.91 | 1.00 | 1.46 | 1.99 | 1.84 |
  CEE | 1.01 | 1.37 | 1.67 | 2.11 | 2.24 | 0.39 | 0.66 | 1.14 | 1.57 | 1.51 |
  FSU | 1.71 | 1.44 | 2.36 | 1.88 | 1.09 | 0.67 | 0.74 | 1.07 | 1.11 | 0.79 |