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

Stratford-on-Avon had the highest female life expectancy of West Midlands’s 30 councils in 2022 to 2024, at 85.4 years.

Stoke-on-Trent had the lowest, at 80.7 years. The middle council, Wyre Forest, had 83.1 years.

| Rank | Area | Female life expectancy |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Stratford-on-Avon](https://openindex.co.uk/stratford-on-avon) | 85.4 years |
| 2 | [Wychavon](https://openindex.co.uk/wychavon) | 84.7 years |
| 3 | [Lichfield](https://openindex.co.uk/lichfield) | 84.5 years |
| 4 | [South Staffordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-staffordshire) | 84.4 years |
| 5 | [Solihull](https://openindex.co.uk/solihull) | 84.3 years |
| 6 | [Malvern Hills](https://openindex.co.uk/malvern-hills) | 84.2 years |
| =7 | [Bromsgrove](https://openindex.co.uk/bromsgrove) | 84.0 years |
| =7 | [Shropshire](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire) | 84.0 years |
| =7 | [Warwick](https://openindex.co.uk/warwick) | 84.0 years |
| =10 | [Stafford](https://openindex.co.uk/stafford) | 83.7 years |
| =10 | [Staffordshire Moorlands](https://openindex.co.uk/staffordshire-moorlands) | 83.7 years |
| 12 | [Herefordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire) | 83.6 years |
| 13 | [East Staffordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire) | 83.4 years |
| 14 | [Worcester](https://openindex.co.uk/worcester) | 83.2 years |
| 15 | [Wyre Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre-forest) | 83.1 years |
| =16 | [Dudley](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley) | 83.0 years |
| =16 | [Redditch](https://openindex.co.uk/redditch) | 83.0 years |
| =18 | [Rugby](https://openindex.co.uk/rugby) | 82.9 years |
| =18 | [Tamworth](https://openindex.co.uk/tamworth) | 82.9 years |
| 20 | [Newcastle-under-Lyme](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-under-lyme) | 82.8 years |
| 21 | [Nuneaton and Bedworth](https://openindex.co.uk/nuneaton-and-bedworth) | 82.4 years |
| 22 | [Cannock Chase](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase) | 82.3 years |
| 23 | [Telford and Wrekin](https://openindex.co.uk/telford-and-wrekin) | 82.2 years |
| 24 | [North Warwickshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-warwickshire) | 82.1 years |
| =25 | [Birmingham](https://openindex.co.uk/birmingham) | 81.8 years |
| =25 | [Coventry](https://openindex.co.uk/coventry) | 81.8 years |
| =25 | [Walsall](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall) | 81.8 years |
| =28 | [Sandwell](https://openindex.co.uk/sandwell) | 81.2 years |
| =28 | [Wolverhampton](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton) | 81.2 years |
| 30 | [Stoke-on-Trent](https://openindex.co.uk/stoke-on-trent) | 80.7 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)
- [Northern Ireland](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-female/northern-ireland)
- [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)
- [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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