Baby boys born in Hull between 2021 and 2023 are expected to live five fewer years than girls of the same age.
According to new figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), baby boys born in Hull between 2021 and 2023 can expect to live for 75.3 years, while girls of the same age can expect to live for 80.2 years.
At 75.3 years, boys born in Hull have one of the worst life expectancies in the UK with only eight areas, including Manchester, Blackpool, and Glasgow, having shorter life expectancies than Hull.
In comparison, the area in the UK with the highest life expectancy for boys is Hart in Hampshire at 83.4, meaning boys born in Hart can expect to live more than eight years longer than boys in Hull.
The figures also show a distinct North-South divide. The ten areas with the highest life expectancies at birth for both males and females were all in the south of England.
The ONS figures also show that life expectancy at birth in 2021-23 remained lower than before the pandemic in 288 of 348 council areas for males (83%) and 242 for females (70%). Greg Ceely, ONS head of population health monitoring, said: “This suggests we are yet to see a recovery from the decrease in life expectancy we saw during the pandemic.”. He added: “Our results continue to show a clear geographical divide.”
