Research Article

A Population Where Men Live As Long As Women: Villagrande Strisaili, Sardinia

Table 2

Comparison of survival curves for males and females in Villagrande with the corresponding data extracted from the Human Mortality Database for the whole Italy (birth cohorts from 1876 till 1912 included).

AgeVillagrandeItaly
MalesFemalesMalesFemales

0100000100000100000100000
576506752946833369639
1072791713376595067028
1570181695196485165706
2065964679146290763940
2559940648135943861947
3056827618185684560087
3552811589305459158368
4050703571125264856795
4548494549735079755320
5046386532624877353801
5545181517654617651927
6042871495194267649483
6540562464173792946079
7038153428883174341275
7534337397862411434525
8026305342251577925754
852098425027825816098
90121491240631627694
95481940647772480
1009041176105456
Probability to survive from 50 to 75
74,0%74,7%49,4%64,2%