Female life expectancy: highest and lowest councils in South West (2022 to 2024)

East Devon and South Hams had the joint highest female life expectancy of South West’s 26 councils in 2022 to 2024, at 85.6 years.

Gloucester had the lowest, at 82.1 years. The middle council, Mid Devon, had 84.1 years.

1 council has no figure, and it is listed at the end with the reason.

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Female life expectancy for every council in South West, highest first. Councils without a figure are listed last with the reason.
RankCouncilValue
=1East Devon85.6 years
=1South Hams85.6 years
3West Devon85.3 years
=4Bath and North East Somerset84.9 years
=4Teignbridge84.9 years
6Dorset84.8 years
=7South Gloucestershire84.7 years
=7Tewkesbury84.7 years
=7Wiltshire84.7 years
10Cotswold84.6 years
11Stroud84.4 years
12North Somerset84.2 years
=13Mid Devon84.1 years
=13Somerset84.1 years
15Cheltenham84.0 years
16Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole83.9 years
17Torridge83.8 years
18Swindon83.7 years
=19Cornwall83.6 years
=19Forest of Dean83.6 years
=19North Devon83.6 years
22Torbay83.2 years
23Exeter83.1 years
24Bristol83.0 years
25Plymouth82.6 years
26Gloucester82.1 years
–Isles of Scilly

ONS does not calculate life expectancy for the City of London or the Isles of Scilly because they have too few deaths and too small a population.

No figure

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