Life expectancy

Definition: Life expectancy at birth indicates the total number of years a person could expect to live, based on the mortality rates of the population at each age in a given year or period.

This image is a visual representation of the data for this indicator. See the table below this image for the information.

Expected years of life from birth, 1995–1997 to 2005–2007

Region		Males			Females
Region		1995–1997	2000–2002	2005–2007	1995–1997	2000–2002	2005–2007
1	Northland	72.8	74.0	76.3	78.6	80.1	81.2
2	Auckland	75.2	77.5	79.4	80.2	82.1	83.2
3	Waikato	74.3	75.9	77.2	80.0	81.0	81.8
4	Bay of Plenty	73.0	75.4	77.1	79.2	80.5	81.9
5	Gisborne	70.7	72.6	73.8	76.4	78.9	78.1
6	Hawke’s Bay	73.3	75.4	76.3	78.9	79.8	80.7
7	Taranaki	74.9	75.9	77.2	80.3	80.6	81.5
8	Manawatu-Whanganui	73.8	75.2	76.5	79.0	79.9	81.4
9	Wellington	74.8	76.9	78.9	79.9	81.6	83.0
10	Tasman	74.8	77.2	78.9	80.6	82.0	82.5
11	Nelson	75.8	76.1	78.9	79.4	81.4	82.3
12	Marlborough	74.4	76.8	78.1	79.6	80.6	82.1
13	West Coast	72.3	74.2	76.9	78.4	81.4	81.6
14	Canterbury	75.0	77.0	79.0	80.4	82.2	82.6
15	Otago	74.7	76.8	78.7	80.4	81.7	82.7
16	Southland	73.3	74.5	75.9	79.0	80.1	81.9
New Zealand		74.4	76.3	78.0	79.7	81.1	82.2

Source: Statistics New Zealand
Note: The data used for the map is the average of the expected years of life for males and females.

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