Deaths, life expectancy

Newborns have a good chance of reaching an age of over 90 years

If the trend of people living ever longer continues, boys born in 2017 could reach an average age of up to 90 years, girls up to 93 years. This result is based on the higher variant of the new model calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) regarding cohort life tables of the birth cohorts from 1871 to 2017.

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Regional differences in life expectancy have decreased over the last 20 years



The differences in the life expectancy of newborn children between the Länder are decreasing. The difference between the Länder with the highest life expectancy and those with the lowest has fallen by nearly half within the last 20 years. According to the results of the current life tables for the period 2013/2015, it is 3 years and 4 months for newborn boys and 1 year and 9 months for newborn girls.

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