The gap in life expectancy between those living in the least and most needy areas in Wales is widening, a new report has found. He also says that there has been a reduction in women’s life expectancy, while the difference in the total life expectancy of men in the highest and lowest areas is almost five years.
Data published by Public Health Wales looks at life expectancy and healthy life expectancy since 2011. Life expectancy in Wales is 82 years for women and 78 years for men over the same period. Women’s life expectancy figures for 2018-20 are the lowest since the start of this report.
When comparing figures from all districts of the council, it shows that people in Monmouthshire have the longest life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for men and women. The average life expectancy for women is 84.6 and for men is 81.6. The average life expectancy there is 69.3 for women and 68.7 for men.
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Torfaen has the lowest healthy life expectancy for women (55.3), while Blaenau Gwent has the lowest healthy life expectancy for men (55.6). The lowest overall life expectancy for women is Blaenau Gwent (80). The lowest life expectancy for men is associated with Blaenau Gwent and Merthyr Tydfil (76.3).
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You can compare the figures for Wales here:
The Chief Medical Officer for Wales, Sir Frank Atherton, said: “We want the people of Wales to live long and healthy lives and we have put in place a number of progressive policies to achieve this ambition. This data tool shows the public health inequalities that prevail in Wales and it is important that we learn from them in order to tackle these problems for future generations. We are committed to learning from this data, as well as promoting a healthy lifestyle, in an effort to improve the life expectancy of people in Wales. “
Nathan Lester of Public Health in Wales said: “These data are crucial for the early identification of these growing trends in inequalities so that they can be directly addressed in future policy decisions. This is more important than ever when we start the Covid-19 pandemic and deal with the cost of living crisis. “Here, people can search the data to see the difference in life expectancy by gender, health advice or the local authorities.
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