Life expectancy in Germany: You live longer in the Ländle

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The residents of Baden Württemberg have the highest life expectancy in Germany. New statistics also show that people in Germany are getting older overall. The statistics do not record why.

We can do everything except High German, the state of Baden-Württemberg uses this self-confident slogan to advertise itself. And indeed: Even the particularly long life seems to be one of the skills of the people in the southwest. In no other federal state are men and women as old as here: According to the latest figures from the Federal Statistical Office, the average life expectancy for women in Baden-Württemberg is 84.2 years, for men it is 79.8 years.

Life expectancy has risen further across Germany: Girls born today can hope for a life span of 83.4 years on average, boys live on average 78.6 years old. The figures are thus slightly (0.1 years) above the values ​​determined a year ago. In order to calculate the current life expectancy, the Federal Statistical Office primarily evaluates the age of citizens who have died in the past three years.

Men in Saxony-Anhalt die the earliest

The statisticians determined the lowest values ​​for women in Saarland (life expectancy: 82.2 years) and for men in Saxony-Anhalt (76.4 years). The difference between the sexes in favor of women is greatest in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania at 6.3 years and smallest in Hesse at 4.3 years.

According to statisticians, it is difficult to predict how life expectancies will develop in the near future. Several calculation models, however, assume that the average service life will continue to increase. If not only the current situation is considered, but also future developments based on currently foreseeable trends are taken into account, girls born today could even live up to 93 years and boys up to 90 years.

Most recently, the average life expectancy calculated on the basis of current death rates rose by around 0.1 years annually. A decade ago, the annual plus was between 0.2 and 0.3 years. The increase has thus slowed down.