Table 1: Life expectancy in Belgium at 25 years of age (1991-1997).

 

Education level

Life expectancy

Men

Women

No diploma

48.1

55.0

Primary school diploma

48.2

55.6

General lower secondary diploma

50.4

57.3

Technical lower secondary diploma

50.0

57.8

Vocational Lower secondary diploma

50.4

57.0

General superior secondary diploma

50.6

57.5

Technical superior secondary diploma

51.2

58.1

Vocational superior secondary diploma

50.9

57.6

Short-type superior education diploma

53.4

58.1

Long-type superior education (including university)

53.6

58.5

Total

49.6

55.9