Following an earlier poll ...

[wellinghall]

Ratio of male to female mortality, by age band

21-25 459%
26-30 220%
31-35 184%
36-40 151%
41-45 129%
46-50 130%
51-55 130%
56-60 145%
61-65 158%
66-70 162%
71-75 152%
76-80 150%
81-85 149%

Comments

[pellegrina.livejournal.com]

21-25: crikey.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

It's probably even more extreme at 16 - 20. All those young men getting their driving licences ...

[gayalondiel.livejournal.com]

I think, OTTOMH that the suicide rate male vs female at that age is quite striking too - suicide is swiftly climbing the highest mortality causes for young men. I can't remember where the stats were for that though.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Accidents - especially road accidents - are the major cause of death among young men, but suicide is certainly a factor.

However, all this has to be put against a background of very few deaths among young people, in absolute terms. Only about 1 in 10,000 20-year-old women die every year.

[gayalondiel.livejournal.com]

Can I ask where you're getting your stats? Not disputing, just curious.

At any rate suicide rates for men are significantly higher than women (http://www.mind.org.uk/Information/Factsheets/Statistics/Statistics+2.htm#Suicide_mortality) which seems in keeping with the general trend, although probably not for the same reasons. (Scroll up for age groups.)

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

The Continuous Mortality Investigation Bureau of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries.