Life expectancy among men and women in North Ayrshire is falling.
And the number of working age adults will go down in the next eight years, the Integration Joint Board confirmed in a report last Wednesday.
In the most recent reporting period (2020), female life expectancy was 80.1 years, compared to 80.8 in 2015), and male life expectancy was 75.3 years compared to the previous figure of 76.1.