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Table 4 Age components of the total, between-group, and within-group standard deviation change by time periods (in years)

From: Disparities in length of life across developed countries: measuring and decomposing changes over time within and between country groups

	Males				Females
	1970–1984	1984–1994	1994–2004	2004–2010^a	1970–1984	1984–1994	1994–2004	2004–2010^a
Across all countries
All ages:	1.96	2.09	0.36	−0.90	1.47	1.30	0.30	−0.49
0–14	0.28	0.02	−0.26	−0.12	0.11	−0.01	−0.17	−0.09
15–64	1.09	1.57	0.18	−0.88	0.59	0.64	0.07	−0.35
65+	0.60	0.50	0.44	0.10	0.78	0.67	0.40	−0.05
Between-group
All ages:	2.23	2.09	0.41	−0.88	1.74	1.22	0.12	−0.48
0–14	0.35	0.03	−0.26	−0.11	0.24	0.01	−0.19	−0.09
15–64	1.26	1.55	0.25	−0.88	0.65	0.64	0.08	−0.36
65+	0.61	0.51	0.43	0.11	0.85	0.57	0.24	−0.02
Within-group
All ages:	0.03	0.31	−0.15	−0.19	0.09	0.44	0.45	−0.14
0–14	−0.07	−0.05	−0.02	−0.03	−0.14	−0.04	0.01	−0.02
15–64	−0.05	0.31	−0.22	−0.12	0.07	0.11	−0.02	−0.06
65+	0.15	0.06	0.09	−0.03	0.16	0.37	0.46	−0.07

Note: ^aYears in the range 2008–2010 depending on availability (see Appendix 3)

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