LIFE expectancy in St Helens saw women on average living nearly three and a half years longer than men.

Across the borough, life expectancy between 2017 and 2019 stood at 78 years for men and 81.4 years for females.

For men there is 10.4 years difference between wards with the highest expectancy in Rainford of 82 years and the lowest in the town centre with 71.6 years life expectancy.

For women, there is 9.2 years difference between the highest, Rainford (85.1 years) and the lowest, Parr (75.9 years).

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How does the life expectancy compare to the rest of the region?

Knowsley

The average life expectancy for those in Knowsley is 76.6 for men, and 80.2 for women.

Northwood ward has the lowest estimated life span in the borough – 72.8 years and 76.8 years for men and women, respectively.

Halewood North has the highest average life expectancies – 80.7 years for men, and 83.8 years for women.

Liverpool

Information from the Office for National Statistics has shown that Liverpool has the fourth lowest life expectancy in the country on average, behind only Blackpool, Manchester and Middlesborough.

Men and women living in Liverpool have an average life expectancy of 76.2 years and 80.3 years, respectively.

But there are wide gaps depending on where in the city you live.

People living in Mossley Hill (Church ward), for example, have an average life span of 85.9 years, while for those living in Kirkdale it’s just 74.6 years – a gap of more than a decade.

Other parts of the region have a mix of figures, too.

Wirral

Life expectancy in Wirral has increased over recent decades.

A baby boy born today can expect to live to 78 and a baby girl to 82.

The average person in the borough can expect to live to 80.1 years of age.

But again, there are large differences in life expectancy across the borough, with poorer areas having a considerably lower life expectancy than those in more affluent parts.

People living in deprived areas not only have shorter lives on average, they also tend to spend more years of life in poor health.

The average life span in Heswall, for example, is 86.5 years. But for those living in the Bidston and St James ward, it is just 75.

Sefton

People living in Sefton can expect to live to around 80.5 years of age.

While Sefton is known as being a bit of a mixed bag, an analysis of council data has shown stark differences between the most affluent and poorest parts of the borough.

As stated above, figures show that those living in Ainsdale ward (Southport) are considerably better off than those living in Linacre ward (Bootle).