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

Stratford-on-Avon had the highest male life expectancy of West Midlands’s 30 councils in 2022 to 2024, at 81.3 years.

Sandwell had the lowest, at 76.7 years. The middle council, Rugby, had 79.6 years.

| Rank | Area | Male life expectancy |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Stratford-on-Avon](https://openindex.co.uk/stratford-on-avon) | 81.3 years |
| =2 | [Bromsgrove](https://openindex.co.uk/bromsgrove) | 80.9 years |
| =2 | [Lichfield](https://openindex.co.uk/lichfield) | 80.9 years |
| =4 | [Malvern Hills](https://openindex.co.uk/malvern-hills) | 80.7 years |
| =4 | [Warwick](https://openindex.co.uk/warwick) | 80.7 years |
| =6 | [Shropshire](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire) | 80.4 years |
| =6 | [Stafford](https://openindex.co.uk/stafford) | 80.4 years |
| =8 | [South Staffordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-staffordshire) | 80.3 years |
| =8 | [Wychavon](https://openindex.co.uk/wychavon) | 80.3 years |
| =10 | [Herefordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire) | 80.2 years |
| =10 | [Solihull](https://openindex.co.uk/solihull) | 80.2 years |
| 12 | [Staffordshire Moorlands](https://openindex.co.uk/staffordshire-moorlands) | 79.9 years |
| 13 | [Redditch](https://openindex.co.uk/redditch) | 79.7 years |
| =14 | [East Staffordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire) | 79.6 years |
| =14 | [Rugby](https://openindex.co.uk/rugby) | 79.6 years |
| 16 | [Tamworth](https://openindex.co.uk/tamworth) | 79.3 years |
| 17 | [Newcastle-under-Lyme](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-under-lyme) | 79.2 years |
| 18 | [Cannock Chase](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase) | 79.1 years |
| 19 | [Dudley](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley) | 78.9 years |
| 20 | [North Warwickshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-warwickshire) | 78.8 years |
| =21 | [Worcester](https://openindex.co.uk/worcester) | 78.5 years |
| =21 | [Wyre Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre-forest) | 78.5 years |
| =23 | [Nuneaton and Bedworth](https://openindex.co.uk/nuneaton-and-bedworth) | 78.3 years |
| =23 | [Telford and Wrekin](https://openindex.co.uk/telford-and-wrekin) | 78.3 years |
| 25 | [Walsall](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall) | 77.6 years |
| 26 | [Coventry](https://openindex.co.uk/coventry) | 77.4 years |
| =27 | [Birmingham](https://openindex.co.uk/birmingham) | 77.1 years |
| =27 | [Stoke-on-Trent](https://openindex.co.uk/stoke-on-trent) | 77.1 years |
| =27 | [Wolverhampton](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton) | 77.1 years |
| 30 | [Sandwell](https://openindex.co.uk/sandwell) | 76.7 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-male/uk)
- [England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-male/england)
- [Northern Ireland](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-male/northern-ireland)
- [Scotland](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-male/scotland)
- [Wales](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-male/wales)
- [North East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-male/north-east)
- [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-male/north-west)
- [Yorkshire and The Humber](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-male/yorkshire-and-the-humber)
- [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-male/east-midlands)
- [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-male/east-of-england)
- [London](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-male/london)
- [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-male/south-east)
- [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-male/south-west)

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

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