The average life expectancy in this country varies in women by almost four, and in men more than five years – depending on the Region you live in. Really old, the Germans are more likely to be in the South of Germany. The two researchers from the Max Planck Institute for demographic research (MPIDR) in Rostock, in the "German Ärzteblatt".
The oldest women in the district of Starnberg in Munich: they have an average life expectancy of 85.7 years. In the salt district in Saxony-Anhalt there are, however, only 81,8 years. In the case of the men of the district of Munich, with an average life expectancy of 81.2 years, the best tail light was Bremerhaven, where men are, on average for 75.8 years old.
Unemployment and life expectancy hängen together
In General, a similar picture was seen for men and women: While districts with the highest average life expectancy, especially in Baden-Württemberg and southern Bavaria, is cut from rural districts in Eastern Germany and some in the Ruhr area is rather poor, including Dortmund, Gelsenkirchen and Essen. The authors of the study attribute this to a higher proportion of vulnerable layers of the population. So, the unemployment rate and the receipt of Hartz IV, with the average life expectancy in the connection. The population density, average income and the number of Doctors per 100,000 inhabitants, however, had less influence than expected.
Prof. Dr. Roland Rau from the MPIDR concludes: "If you want to reduce differences in life expectancy, needs to improve especially the living conditions of the poorest part of the population." Together with his colleagues Prof. Dr. Carl Schmertmann, he has estimated the life expectancy of all 402 counties in Germany on the basis of the mortality data from 2015-2017, and on the possible influence of the factors examined.
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