People in Wales have reacted to the findings of a new report which reveals that the gap in life expectancy between those living in the least and most deprived areas of the country is increasing. The data, released by Public Health Wales, has been looking at life expectancy and healthy life expectancy since 2011.
Life expectancy in Wales is 82 years for females and 78 years for males in this same time period. The figures for women's life expectancy for 2018-20 are the lowest since that reporting began. You can read the data in full here.
When comparing figures from across council areas it shows people in Monmouthshire have the longest life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for men and women. Life expectancy for women is 84.6 and men it is 81.6. Healthy life expectancy there is 69.3 for women and 68.7 for men.
