Women here live on average 3.8 years longer than men - life expectancy for every area of NI revealed

The Department of Health report ‘Life Expectancy in Northern Ireland 2017-19’ show that life expectancy in Northern Ireland was broadly similar to the previous year’s report (2016-2018)

Male life expectancy was highest in Lisburn & Castlereagh (80.1 years) and the lowest in the Belfast (76.1 years).

As with males, life expectancy for females was highest in Lisburn and Castlereagh (83.5 years) and lowest in the Belfast (81.0 years).

Male life expectancy has increased by 0.4 years from 78.3 years in 2013-15, while female life expectancy has increased by 0.3 years from 82.3 years over the same period.

Decreased mortality rates among 60-89 year olds contributed to the majority of the increase in male life expectancy over the period.

Reduced mortality from circulatory disease and cancer, among other causes, increased male life expectancy by 0.9 years. However this increase was offset by 0.5 years due to a rise in mortality for a range of causes, including non-traffic related accidents and other circulatory illness.

Compared with the previous 5-year period (2009-11 to 2013-15), when male life expectancy increased by 0.9 years, improvements have slowed down. This can largely be attributed to the reduction in mortality from circulatory disease being only 0.2 years compared with a reduction of 0.6 years in the previous period.

As with males, decreased mortality rates among 60-89 year olds in females contributed to the majority of the increase in female life expectancy over this period.

An improvement of 0.7 years in female life expectancy, mainly due to reduced mortality from circulatory disease and cancer, was offset by 0.4 years due to increased mortality from mental and behavioural disorders (mainly dementia) and non-traffic related accidents.

As with males, the positive contribution to female life expectancy since 2013-15 from reduced circulatory mortality was half that when compared with the previous period (2009-11 to 2013-15) when life expectancy increased by 0.4 years, however the overall improvements in life expectancy have remained similar.

Gender Gap

In 2017-19, females in NI could expect to live 3.8 years longer than males, a decrease of 0.2 years since 2013-15.

MALE LIFE EXPECTANCY IN NI

Belfast 76.1

Derry City and Strabane 77.8

Mid and East Antrim 79.1

Newry, Mourne and Down 79.2

Fermanagh and Omagh 79.3

Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon 79.5

Causeway Coast and Glens 79.5

Antrim and Newtownabbey 79.5

Ards and North Down 79.5

Mid Ulster 79.7

Lisburn and Castlereagh 80.1

FEMALE LIFE EXPECTANCY IN NI

Belfast 81.0

Derry City and Strabane 81.4

Antrim and Newtownabbey 82.7

Mid and East Antrim 82.7

Causeway Coast and Glens 82.9

Ards and North Down 82.9

Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon 83.1

Mid Ulster 83.2

Fermanagh and Omagh 83.2

Newry, Mourne and Down 83.3

Lisburn and Castlereagh 83.5