HC Deb 30 November 1982 vol 33 cc132-3W
Mr. Foster

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the average life expectancy at Dinh of males and females in the Northern region and the United Kingdom as a whole.

Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg

The most recent estimates are as follows. The expectations are obtained by assuming a hypothetical population to be subjected, at each successive age, to the estimated age-specific death rates of the period 1978 to 1980.

Expectation of life at birth (1978–80)
Northern region Years United Kingdom Years
Males 68.5 70.2
Females 74.9 76.2