Life expectancy was highest in the four most southerly regions of England in 2016 to 2018, with London continuing to show the largest gain, official figures have revealed. Boys being born in the capital are living to an average age of 80.7 – which is the same for the South East region – while girls can expect to live for 84.5 years, higher than any other region in the UK.
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In terms of a comparison with the region with he lowest life expectancy, the North East, this is a difference of 2.8 years for both meals and females.
The figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) also showed life expectancy for men living in London rose by almost six months between 2013 to 2015, faster than any other region in Britain.
Men were found to live the longest in Westminster, with an average life expectancy of 83.9 years.
This was found to be close to a decade longer than in Blackpool, which has the lowest life expectancy.
Women living in Camden were found to live the longest in England, with an average lifespan of 87 years, compared with 79.5 in Blackpool.
The healthiest men in Britain are reportedly being born in the London borough of Richmond upon Thames, with an average life expectancy of 71.2 years without serious illness or disability.
This is 18.6 years more than in Blackpool, where healthy life expectancy at birth is just 53.3 years.
For women, the longest healthy life span was found in girls born in Wokingham, with an average 72.2 years of good health.
For women in Nottingham, healthy life expectancy is just 54.2 years.
Males in Scotland were found to have the lowest life expectancy across the UK, with men living to an average of 77.1, but the proportion of life spent in “good” health is higher at 80.3 percent than other countries of the UK.
In Wales, males also have a life expectancy lower than the UK at 78.3 years, but can expect to spend a lower proportion of their lives in “good” health at 78.4.
Gains in life expectancy have been smaller than in previous decades, and in some parts of the country life spans are expected to fall.
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For men the biggest declines were in Norwich, Dundee, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, Canterbury and central Bedfordshire.
For women, the steepest falls in life expectancies were in Lincoln, Plymouth, Southend, Torbay and Hart in Hampshire.
An ONS spokesperson commented: “The size of the life expectancy gain between 2013 and 2018 is small by historical standards, but in line with the observed pattern of stalling improvements since 2011.
“A decade earlier, life expectancy was growing 6.5 times faster for males and 8.2 times faster for females.
“People in England and males in Northern Ireland saw their life expectancy improve, but there were no significant changes in Wales and Scotland.
“The size of London’s gain continued to be notably larger than any other region.
“Meanwhile, there were reductions in the number of years lived in poorer states of health for both men and women at age 65 in Wales and England and for men in Northern Ireland.”
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