表５−１ 性別死亡数および死亡性比：1873〜2021年
年次	総  数	男	女	死亡1)  性比	年次	総  数	男	女	死亡1)  性比
1873	660,694	340,872	319,822	106.6	1982	711,883	385,494	326,389	118.1
1880	603,055	313,668	289,387	108.4	1983	740,038	401,232	338,806	118.4
1890	823,718	425,059	398,659	106.6	1984	740,247	402,220	338,027	119.0
1900	910,744	464,072	446,664	103.9	1985	752,283	407,769	344,514	118.4
1910	1,064,234	535,076	529,156	101.1	1986	750,620	406,918	343,702	118.4
1920	1,422,096	720,655	701,441	102.7	1987	751,172	408,094	343,078	119.0
1930	1,170,867	603,995	566,871	106.5	1988	793,014	428,094	364,920	117.3
1940	1,186,595	615,311	571,284	107.7	1989	788,594	427,114	361,480	118.2
1947	1,138,238	595,670	542,568	109.8	1990	820,305	443,718	376,587	117.8
1950	904,876	467,073	437,803	106.7	1991	829,797	450,344	379,453	118.7
1951	838,998	432,540	406,458	106.4	1992	856,643	465,544	391,099	119.0
1952	765,068	395,205	369,863	106.9	1993	878,532	476,462	402,070	118.5
1953	772,547	399,859	372,688	107.3	1994	875,933	476,080	399,853	119.1
1954	721,491	379,658	341,833	111.1	1995	922,139	501,276	420,863	119.1
1955	693,523	365,246	328,277	111.3	1996	896,211	488,605	407,606	119.9
1956	724,460	381,395	343,065	111.2	1997	913,402	497,796	415,606	119.8
1957	752,445	397,502	354,943	112.0	1998	936,484	512,128	424,356	120.7
1958	684,189	363,647	320,542	113.4	1999	982,031	534,778	447,253	119.6
1959	689,959	367,562	322,370	114.0	2000	961,653	525,903	435,750	120.7
1960	706,599	377,526	329,073	114.7	2001	970,331	528,768	441,563	119.7
1961	695,644	371,858	323,786	114.8	2002	982,379	535,305	447,074	119.7
1962	710,265	380,826	329,439	115.6	2003	1,014,951	551,746	463,205	119.1
1963	670,770	361,469	309,301	116.9	2004	1,028,602	557,097	471,505	118.2
1964	673,067	363,531	309,536	117.4	2005	1,083,796	584,970	498,826	117.3
1965	700,438	378,716	321,722	117.7	2006	1,084,451	581,370	503,081	115.6
1966	670,342	363,356	306,986	118.4	2007	1,108,334	592,784	515,550	115.0
1967	675,006	366,076	308,930	118.5	2008	1,142,407	608,711	533,696	114.1
1968	686,555	372,931	313,624	118.9	2009	1,141,865	609,042	532,823	114.3
1969	693,787	379,506	314,281	120.8	2010	1,197,014	633,701	563,313	112.5
1970	712,962	387,880	325,082	119.3	2011	1,253,068	656,542	596,526	110.1
1971	684,521	372,942	311,579	119.7	2012	1,256,359	655,526	600,833	109.1
1972	683,751	372,833	310,918	119.9	2013	1,268,438	658,685	609,753	108.0
1973	709,416	383,592	325,824	117.7	2014	1,273,025	660,340	612,685	107.8
1974	710,510	381,869	328,641	116.2	2015	1,290,510	666,728	623,782	106.9
1975	702,275	377,827	324,448	116.5	2016	1,308,158	674,946	633,212	106.6
1976	703,270	378,630	324,640	116.6	2017	1,340,567	690,770	649,797	106.3
1977	690,074	372,175	317,899	117.1	2018	1,362,470	699,138	663,332	105.4
1978	695,821	375,625	320,196	117.3	2019	1,381,093	707,421	673,672	105.0
1979	689,664	373,183	316,481	117.9	2020	1,372,755	706,834	665,921	106.1
1980	722,801	390,644	332,157	117.6	2021	1,439,856	738,141	701,715	105.2
1981	720,262	388,575	331,687	117.2
内閣統計局『帝国統計年鑑』(1873〜1890年)，厚生労働省政策統括官（統計・情報政策、労使関係担当）『人口動態統計』 (1900年以後)による。1947〜72年は沖縄県を含まない。1)女100に対する男の数。