# Female life expectancy: highest and lowest councils in Northern Ireland (2022 to 2024)

Fermanagh and Omagh and Lisburn and Castlereagh had the joint highest female life expectancy of Northern Ireland’s 11 councils in 2022 to 2024, at 83.8 years.

Belfast had the lowest, at 80.5 years. The middle council, Causeway Coast and Glens, had 83.2 years.

| Rank | Area | Female life expectancy |
| --- | --- | --- |
| =1 | [Fermanagh and Omagh](https://openindex.co.uk/fermanagh-and-omagh) | 83.8 years |
| =1 | [Lisburn and Castlereagh](https://openindex.co.uk/lisburn-and-castlereagh) | 83.8 years |
| 3 | [Ards and North Down](https://openindex.co.uk/ards-and-north-down) | 83.5 years |
| 4 | [Mid Ulster](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-ulster) | 83.4 years |
| =5 | [Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon](https://openindex.co.uk/armagh-city-banbridge-and-craigavon) | 83.2 years |
| =5 | [Causeway Coast and Glens](https://openindex.co.uk/causeway-coast-and-glens) | 83.2 years |
| =5 | [Newry, Mourne and Down](https://openindex.co.uk/newry-mourne-and-down) | 83.2 years |
| 8 | [Mid and East Antrim](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-and-east-antrim) | 83.1 years |
| 9 | [Antrim and Newtownabbey](https://openindex.co.uk/antrim-and-newtownabbey) | 82.5 years |
| 10 | [Derry City and Strabane](https://openindex.co.uk/derry-city-and-strabane) | 81.2 years |
| 11 | [Belfast](https://openindex.co.uk/belfast) | 80.5 years |

Source: Life expectancy for local areas of the UK, ONS life expectancy. Period: 2022 to 2024. Period: 2022 to 2024.

## Other rankings of this measure

- [UK](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-female/uk)
- [England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-female/england)
- [Scotland](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-female/scotland)
- [Wales](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-female/wales)
- [North East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-female/north-east)
- [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-female/north-west)
- [Yorkshire and The Humber](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-female/yorkshire-and-the-humber)
- [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-female/east-midlands)
- [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-female/west-midlands)
- [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-female/east-of-england)
- [London](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-female/london)
- [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-female/south-east)
- [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-female/south-west)

- [The map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/life-expectancy-female)
- [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/life-expectancy-female)

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