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List of British regions by life expectancy

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Life Expectancy in British Regions:
– London region: 80.9 (male), 84.7 (female), 3.8 (sex gap)
– South East England: 80.8 (male), 84.3 (female), 3.5 (sex gap)
– South West England: 80.4 (male), 84.1 (female), 3.7 (sex gap)
– East of England: 80.5 (male), 83.9 (female), 3.4 (sex gap)
– England average: 79.8 (male), 83.4 (female), 3.6 (sex gap)

Life Expectancy in Different UK Regions (Eurostat 2017-2018):
– Inner London – West: 83.9 (2017), 85.6 (2018), 3.4 (male), 0.8 (female)
– Outer London – West and North West: 83.7 (2017), 85.4 (2018), 3.4 (male), -0.3 (female)
– Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, and Oxfordshire: 82.9 (2017), 84.6 (2018), 3.5 (male), 0.3 (female)
– Surrey, East and West Sussex: 82.8 (2017), 84.5 (2018), 3.4 (male), 0.1 (female)
– Outer London – South: 83.1 (2017), 84.8 (2018), 3.5 (male), -0.4 (female)

Life Expectancy in Various UK Regions:
– East Anglia: 82.4 (male), 84.1 (female), 3.5 (sex gap)
– Devon: 82.0 (male), 83.7 (female), 3.4 (sex gap)
– Essex: 81.7 (male), 83.2 (female), 3.0 (sex gap)
– Cumbria: 81.4 (male), 83.1 (female), 3.4 (sex gap)
– Kent: 81.7 (male), 83.5 (female), 3.5 (sex gap)

References:
– Office for National Statistics: Local areas life expectancy 2001-2019
– Eurostat: Life expectancy at birth by sex and region
– World Bank Group: Life expectancy at birth in the UK
– Our World in Data: Life expectancy in the UK
– World Health Organization: Life expectancy and Healthy life expectancy by country

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