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Life Expectancy

Volume 448: debated on Wednesday 12 July 2006

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average life expectancy is for (a) men, (b) women and (c) all people in each primary care trust area. (84021)

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.

Letter from Colin Mowl, dated 12 July 2006:

The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question asking what the average life expectancy is for (a) men, (b) women and (c) all people in each primary care trust area. I am replying in her absence. (84021)

The most recently available figures for primary care trusts on life expectancy at birth are for 2001-2003 and are provided in the attached table, copies of which are being placed in the House of Commons Library.