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Year	LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH (YEARS)			
	Maori females	Maori males	Non-Maori females 	Non-Maori males
1876			54.2	52.0
1945	48.0	48.8	70.6	67.2
1976	67.8	63.4	75.9	69.4

Source: Statistics New Zealand

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