The given diagram depicts the changes in longevity in Japan, Korea, the United States and Indonesia from 1953 to 2008. Overall, while Japan had the best life expectancy in the former year, Indonesia witnessed the largest growth out of the 4 throughout the period.
Commencing with countries with average dying age increased by around 3 years, the Japanese and American longevity rose by 3,5 and 3 respectively. In the end, Japan’s figure was at roughly 82,5 years old, while that of USA was about 77,5.
On the other hand, their counterparts had a much sharper development in the same field, namely more than 10 years. Particularly, Indonesian statistic significantly surged by 15,7 years, but unfortunately this nation still got the worst life expectancy in 2008 which is a bit more than 70. Likewise, Korean data accelerated by 12,5 years and afterwards, Korea accounted for the second highest in both the longevity in 2008 and the increase during the period.
