Women in the EU live 5.5 years longer than men – Where is the highest life expectancy recorded in Greece

Women in the EU live five and a half years longer than men, according to Eurostat's 2022 life expectancy figures released today. Specifically, for women in the EU, life expectancy at birth was 83.3 years in 2022 (up 0.4 compared to 2021 but down -0.7 compared to 2019) and for men in 77.9 years (increase of 0.7 years compared to 2021 but -0.6 decrease compared to 2019). In 2022, life expectancy at birth for women in the EU was 5.4 years longer than for men, with variations between EU countries. In Latvia, women live ten years longer than men and 8.7 years more in Estonia and Lithuania. The smallest gender differences were in the Netherlands (2.9 years), Ireland (3.3 years) and Sweden (3.4 years). In 2022, life expectancy at […]
Source: News Beast

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