Interesting Facts

• Women have a longer life expectancy than men. The evidence shows that on average women currently live 3½ years longer than men at age 65.
  
  
• Married women are on average two years younger than their partners and are therefore likely to outlive their partners by five or more years.
  
  
• The difference in life expectancy is reflected in the proportion of men and women over 65. In the 65-74 age group, the proportion of men and women is nearly equal. However, women make up 61% of the 75-84 age group and outnumber men more than 2 to 1 in the over 85s.
  
  
• 1 in 3 marriages ends in divorce.
  
  
• Only 1 in 20 women save for their retirement.
  
  
• Over 50% of women in retirement are totally dependent on New Zealand superannuation in their retirement years.