In 2023,

Life expectancy at birth in the Autonomous Region of Madeira was estimated to be 79.07 years 

Statistics Portugal released today the life tables by NUTS 2 region for the three-year period 2021-2023.

For the three-year period 2021-2023, life expectancy at birth for the resident population in the Region was estimated to be 79.07 years: 75.44 years for men and 81.92 years for women, indicating that women can expect to live nearly 7 years longer than men. Compared to 2020-2022, life expectancy increased by 0.30 years, with an increase of 0.39 years for men and 0.29 years for women. It is noteworthy that these life tables for 2020-2002 and 2021-2023 incorporate population estimates based on the results of the 2021 Census, so the results are not comparable to those of previous three-year periods. 

For the country as a whole, life expectancy at birth was estimated to be 81.17 years (2.10 years higher than the estimate for the Region). The results further indicate that, nationally, women can expect to live 83.67 years and men 78.37 years. Norte has the highest longevity (81.82 years), in contrast to the Autonomous Region of the Azores, where life expectancy at birth is the lowest in the country (78.19 years).

In the Autonomous Region of Madeira, life expectancy at age 65 reached 18.37 years in the three-year period 2021-2023. Men aged 65 are expected to live an average of 16.00 more years, while women mat live an additional 19.97 years, resulting in a difference of 3.97 year between males and females.

Life expectancy at age 65 for the total Portuguese population stood at 19.75 years (1.38 years more than in the Region): 18.00 years for men and 21.11 years for women. It is in Centro where the highest longevity at age 65 is observed (20.15 years), and in the Autonomous Region of the Azores, the lowest (17.70 years).

From the survival function of the complete life table for the Region, broken down by sex, for the three-year period 2021-2023, it is evident that women survive in greater numbers to older ages compared to men. For example, it is estimated that 81.5% of male newborns and 91.3% of female newborns will survive to the age of 65 if subject to the specific age-specific mortality probabilities observed during the 2021-2023 period throughout their lives.

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