| Males | Females | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1970 | 1984 | 1994 | 2004 | 2010a | 1970 | 1984 | 1994 | 2004 | 2010a |
Overall life expectancy | 67.83 | 69.78 | 70.82 | 73.64 | 75.22 | 74.45 | 77.09 | 78.29 | 80.41 | 81.52 |
  EME | 68.49 | 71.78 | 74.02 | 76.76 | 78.18 | 74.76 | 78.39 | 80.16 | 82.12 | 83.10 |
  CEE | 67.11 | 67.29 | 67.99 | 71.09 | 72.40 | 73.00 | 74.51 | 76.06 | 78.57 | 79.58 |
  FSU | 65.91 | 64.27 | 60.84 | 63.69 | 66.21 | 74.64 | 74.46 | 73.04 | 75.42 | 77.10 |
Max-Min range between country groups | 2.57 | 7.51 | 13.18 | 13.07 | 11.97 | 1.76 | 3.93 | 7.12 | 6.71 | 6.01 |
Overall standard deviation | 1.97 | 3.30 | 5.22 | 5.22 | 4.86 | 1.51 | 2.19 | 3.06 | 3.03 | 2.80 |
  EME | 1.87 | 1.52 | 1.32 | 1.29 | 1.14 | 1.61 | 1.35 | 1.28 | 1.40 | 1.27 |
  CEE | 1.12 | 1.44 | 1.81 | 2.26 | 2.37 | 0.45 | 0.72 | 1.25 | 1.77 | 1.74 |
  FSU | 1.50 | 1.25 | 2.17 | 2.73 | 2.56 | 0.79 | 0.88 | 1.24 | 2.06 | 2.06 |