表5−1 性別死亡数および死亡性比:1873〜2023年
年次   死亡シボウ1) 年次   死亡シボウ1)
性比  性比 
1873 660,694 340,872 319,822 106.6 1950 904,876 467,073 437,803 106.7
1874 696,653 357,759 338,894 105.6 1951 838,998 432,540 406,458 106.4
1875 654,562 338,271 316,291 106.9 1952 765,068 395,205 369,863 106.9
1876 613,022 316,324 296,698 106.6 1953 772,547 399,859 372,688 107.3
1877 620,306 324,732 295,574 109.9 1954 721,491 379,658 341,833 111.1
1878 603,277 314,633 288,644 109.0 1955 693,523 365,246 328,277 111.3
1879 721,147 374,557 346,590 108.1 1956 724,460 381,395 343,065 111.2
1880 603,055 313,668 289,387 108.4 1957 752,445 397,502 354,943 112.0
1881 686,064 351,164 334,900 104.9 1958 684,189 363,647 320,542 113.4
1882 668,342 346,112 322,230 107.4 1959 689,959 367,562 322,370 114.0
1883 676,369 348,614 327,755 106.4 1960 706,599 377,526 329,073 114.7
1884 705,126 363,775 341,351 106.6 1961 695,644 371,858 323,786 114.8
1885 886,824 453,361 433,463 104.6 1962 710,265 380,826 329,439 115.6
1886 938,343 483,851 454,492 106.5 1963 670,770 361,469 309,301 116.9
1887 753,456 386,132 367,324 105.1 1964 673,067 363,531 309,536 117.4
1888 752,834 384,514 368,320 104.4 1965 700,438 378,716 321,722 117.7
1889 808,680 413,926 394,754 104.9 1966 670,342 363,356 306,986 118.4
1890 823,718 425,059 398,659 106.6 1967 675,006 366,076 308,930 118.5
1891 853,139 438,811 414,328 105.9 1968 686,555 372,931 313,624 118.9
1892 886,988 452,136 434,852 104.0 1969 693,787 379,506 314,281 120.8
1893 937,644 479,052 458,589 104.5 1970 712,962 387,880 325,082 119.3
1894 840,768 432,820 407,947 106.1 1971 684,521 372,942 311,579 119.7
1895 852,422 448,873 403,549 111.2 1972 683,751 372,833 310,918 119.9
1896 912,822 469,485 443,336 105.9 1973 709,416 383,592 325,824 117.7
1897 876,837 452,383 424,454 106.6 1974 710,510 381,869 328,641 116.2
1898 894,524 459,307 435,216 105.5 1975 702,275 377,827 324,448 116.5
1899 932,087 476,249 455,828 104.5 1976 703,270 378,630 324,640 116.6
1900 910,744 464,072 446,664 103.9 1977 690,074 372,175 317,899 117.1
1901 925,810 468,524 457,278 102.5 1978 695,821 375,625 320,196 117.3
1902 959,126 486,410 472,710 102.9 1979 689,664 373,183 316,481 117.9
1903 931,008 472,249 458,755 102.9 1980 722,801 390,644 332,157 117.6
1904 955,400 481,445 473,950 101.6 1981 720,262 388,575 331,687 117.2
1905 1,004,661 505,290 499,365 101.2 1982 711,883 385,494 326,389 118.1
1906 955,256 480,077 475,176 101.0 1983 740,038 401,232 338,806 118.4
1907 1,016,798 512,110 504,681 101.5 1984 740,247 402,220 338,027 119.0
1908 1,029,447 517,755 511,687 101.2 1985 752,283 407,769 344,514 118.4
1909 1,091,264 550,267 540,992 101.7 1986 750,620 406,918 343,702 118.4
1910 1,064,234 535,076 529,156 101.1 1987 751,172 408,094 343,078 119.0
1911 1,043,906 526,141 517,762 101.6 1988 793,014 428,094 364,920 117.3
1912 1,037,016 523,604 513,410 102.0 1989   788,594 427,114 361,480 118.2
1913 1,027,257 521,210 506,042 103.0 1990   820,305 443,718 376,587 117.8
1914 1,101,815 559,337 542,473 103.1 1991   829,797 450,344 379,453 118.7
1915 1,093,793 556,179 537,610 103.5 1992   856,643 465,544 391,099 119.0
1916 1,187,832 604,156 583,674 103.5 1993   878,532 476,462 402,070 118.5
1917 1,199,669 609,310 590,359 103.2 1994   875,933 476,080 399,853 119.1
1918 1,493,162 753,392 739,770 101.8 1995   922,139 501,276 420,863 119.1
1919 1,281,965 648,984 632,981 102.5 1996   896,211 488,605 407,606 119.9
1920 1,422,096 720,655 701,441 102.7 1997   913,402 497,796 415,606 119.8
1921 1,288,570 659,328 629,242 104.8 1998   936,484 512,128 424,356 120.7
1922 1,286,941 655,740 631,201 103.9 1999   982,031 534,778 447,253 119.6
1923 1,332,485 679,072 653,405 103.9 2000   961,653 525,903 435,750 120.7
1924 1,254,946 642,969 611,977 105.1 2001   970,331 528,768 441,563 119.7
1925 1,210,706 621,357 589,349 105.4 2002   982,379 535,305 447,074 119.7
1926 1,160,734 597,292 563,435 106.0 2003   1,014,951 551,746 463,205 119.1
1927 1,214,323 624,311 590,012 105.8 2004   1,028,602 557,097 471,505 118.2
1928 1,236,711 639,214 597,497 107.0 2005   1,083,796 584,970 498,826 117.3
1929 1,261,228 645,994 615,234 105.0 2006   1,084,451 581,370 503,081 115.6
1930 1,170,867 603,995 566,871 106.5 2007   1,108,334 592,784 515,550 115.0
1931 1,240,891 642,146 598,745 107.2 2008   1,142,407 608,711 533,696 114.1
1932 1,175,344 607,267 568,077 106.9 2009   1,141,865 609,042 532,823 114.3
1933 1,193,987 618,496 575,491 107.5 2010   1,197,014 633,701 563,313 112.5
1934 1,234,684 639,098 595,507 107.3 2011   1,253,068 656,542 596,526 110.1
1935 1,161,936 603,566 558,367 108.1 2012   1,256,359 655,526 600,833 109.1
1936 1,230,278 637,854 592,421 107.7 2013   1,268,438 658,685 609,753 108.0
1937 1,207,899 625,625 582,274 107.4 2014   1,273,025 660,340 612,685 107.8
1938 1,259,805 652,936 606,869 107.6 2015   1,290,510 666,728 623,782 106.9
1939 1,268,760 658,589 610,171 107.9 2016   1,308,158 674,946 633,212 106.6
1940 1,186,595 615,311 571,284 107.7 2017   1,340,567 690,770 649,797 106.3
1941 1,149,559 597,373 552,186 108.2 2018   1,362,470 699,138 663,332 105.4
1942 1,166,630 609,038 557,592 109.2 2019   1,381,093 707,421 673,672 105.0
1943 1,219,073 638,135 580,938 109.8 2020   1,372,755 706,834 665,921 106.1
1947 1,138,238 595,670 542,568 109.8 2021   1,439,856 738,141 701,715 105.2
1948 950,610 493,573 457,037 108.0 2022   1,569,050 799,420 769,630 103.9
1949   945,444 489,817 455,627 107.5 2023   1,576,016 802,536 773,480 103.8
内閣統計局『帝国統計年鑑』(1873〜1898年),厚生労働省政策統括官(統計・情報システム管理、労使関係担当)『人口動態統計』(1899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。