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Life expectancy lower in easternmost regions of the EU
Much higher than average in Spain and Italy
30 October, 14:56
(ANSA) - BELGRADE, OCTOBER 30 - The easternmost regions of
the European Union still have relatively low levels of life
expectancy, below the EU average and much inferior than the
regions with the highest levels of life expectancy, mainly
located in Spain and Italy, Eurostat data show.
In 2016, Eurostat said, the life expectancy of a new born child in the EU was 81.0 years.
The highest level of life expectancy in the EU was recorded in the Spanish Comunidad de Madrid (85.2 years), followed by La Rioja and Castilla y León and the Provincia Autonoma di Trento (84.3 years), while in fifth place was the French ×le de France (84.2 years). On the opposite, the lowest figures for life expectancy at birth were recorded in the Bulgarian regions of Severozapaden (73.3 years), Yugoiztochen (74.4 years) and Severen tsentralen (74.4 years); in the Romanian regions of Sud-Est (74.4 years) and Nord-Est (74.6 years) and in the Hungarian region of Észak-Magyarország (74.6 years).
The figures show that in the EU there is a difference of almost 12 years in life expectancy between the regions with the highest and lowest life expectancy.
At country level, Eurostat data show, in 2016 Spain was the country with the highest life expectancy at birth (83.5 years, +2.4 compared to 2007), while Bulgaria (+2.2 compared to 2007), Lithuania (+3.9) and Latvia (+4.3) recorded the lowest figure (74.9 years) in the EU. (ANSA).
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In 2016, Eurostat said, the life expectancy of a new born child in the EU was 81.0 years.
The highest level of life expectancy in the EU was recorded in the Spanish Comunidad de Madrid (85.2 years), followed by La Rioja and Castilla y León and the Provincia Autonoma di Trento (84.3 years), while in fifth place was the French ×le de France (84.2 years). On the opposite, the lowest figures for life expectancy at birth were recorded in the Bulgarian regions of Severozapaden (73.3 years), Yugoiztochen (74.4 years) and Severen tsentralen (74.4 years); in the Romanian regions of Sud-Est (74.4 years) and Nord-Est (74.6 years) and in the Hungarian region of Észak-Magyarország (74.6 years).
The figures show that in the EU there is a difference of almost 12 years in life expectancy between the regions with the highest and lowest life expectancy.
At country level, Eurostat data show, in 2016 Spain was the country with the highest life expectancy at birth (83.5 years, +2.4 compared to 2007), while Bulgaria (+2.2 compared to 2007), Lithuania (+3.9) and Latvia (+4.3) recorded the lowest figure (74.9 years) in the EU. (ANSA).
