Life expectancy

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.

Life expectancy - male

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

Region		Life expectancy in years
Region		1990–1992	1995–1997	2000–2002	2005-2007
1	Northland	71.7	72.8	74.0	76.3
2	Auckland	73.2	75.2	77.5	79.4
3	Waikato	72.5	74.3	75.9	77.2
4	Bay of Plenty	72.5	73.0	75.4	77.1
5	Gisborne	71.3	70.7	72.6	73.8
6	Hawke's Bay	71.7	73.3	75.4	76.3
7	Taranaki	72.3	74.9	75.9	77.2
8	Manawatu-Whanganui	72.2	73.8	75.2	76.5
9	Wellington	72.9	74.8	76.9	78.9
10	Tasman	75.2	74.8	77.2	78.9
11	Nelson	73.3	75.8	76.1	78.9
12	Marlborough	74.6	74.4	76.8	78.1
13	West Coast	70.4	72.3	74.2	76.9
14	Canterbury	73.2	75.0	77.0	79.0
15	Otago	73.1	74.7	76.8	78.7
16	Southland	71.4	73.3	74.5	75.9

Life expectancy - female

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

Region		Life expectancy in years
Region		1990–1992	1995–1997	2000–2002	2005-2007
1	Northland	78.2	78.6	80.1	81.2
2	Auckland	79.2	80.2	82.1	83.2
3	Waikato	78.5	80.0	81.0	81.8
4	Bay of Plenty	78.0	79.2	80.5	81.9
5	Gisborne	76.5	76.4	78.9	78.1
6	Hawke's Bay	78.1	78.9	79.8	80.7
7	Taranaki	78.6	80.3	80.6	81.5
8	Manawatu-Whanganui	77.7	79.0	79.9	81.4
9	Wellington	78.8	79.9	81.6	83.0
10	Tasman	80.7	80.6	82.0	82.5
11	Nelson	80.7	79.4	81.4	82.3
12	Marlborough	79.4	79.6	80.6	82.1
13	West Coast	77.1	78.4	81.4	81.6
14	Canterbury	79.4	80.4	82.2	82.6
15	Otago	79.0	80.4	81.7	82.7
16	Southland	77.9	79.0	80.1	81.9

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