Read: Life expectancy a decade lower for men in poorest areas

Life expectancy for men in England’s most deprived areas is nearly a decade shorter than it is for those from the wealthiest, according to the latest official analysis.

Men living in the most deprived areas have a life expectancy of 74.1 years, compared with 83.5 in the least deprived areas, research by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows.

Women in the poorest areas were expected to live to 78.7, compared with 86.4 for those in the least deprived.

The figures, estimating life expectancy at birth for 2017-19, do not reflect the impact of the pandemic.

Both men and women living in the richest areas had a “significant increase” in life expectancy from the 2014-16 period to the 2017-19 period. However, there were “no significant changes” in the most deprived areas.

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