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Life expectancy soars, life insurance spending dips
30th November 2007
Giant gap in average life expectancy by region<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Local area figures for life expectancy have just been released for the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />UK. There is a difference of over twelve years between the highest and lowest and a very clear north-south divide in the regional breakdowns.
What factors help to explain such a persistent discrepancy in average life expectancy?
The good news is that in 2004-06, for the first time all local areas in the UK had a male life expectancy at birth of more than 70 years.
Fact of the day: After many years of rising spending, people in Britain are spending less (in real terms) on life insurance than they were a few years ago. Why?
Highest Life expectancy at birth
Kensington and Chelsea London 83.1 East Dorset South West 81.4 Hart South East 80.7 Rutland East Midlands 80.6 Elmbridge South East 80.4 Christchurch South West 80.3 Wokingham South East 80.3 South Norfolk East of England 80.2 Westminster London 80.2 Guildford South East 80.1
Lowest Life expectancy at birth
Glasgow City Scotland 70.5 West Dunbartonshire Scotland 71.8 Inverclyde Scotland 72.2 Eilean Siar Scotland 73.0 Manchester North West 73.0 North Lanarkshire Scotland 73.0 Clackmannanshire Scotland 73.2 Blackpool North West 73.3 Renfrewshire Scotland 73.4 Dundee City Scotland 73.6
Source: Office for National Statistics
Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.