The gap in life expectancy between men and women is at its lowest level for more than 50 years. While both sexes are living longer, the latest figures released yesterday show that men are catching up with women.
Last night health experts said the change owed much to men smoking less, paying more attention to their diet and being less reluctant to go the doctor. Over 20 years, the gap between female and male life expectancy at birth has dropped Read the rest of this entry »

Britain comes 16th out of 25 European countries in a new table on female life expectancy published in the Lancet medical journal, and seventh on male.
The figures place women’s longevity in this country just above that in Slovenia, and below that in Austria, Cyprus and Greece.
The figures were condemned as “unacceptable” by the Liberal Democrats, who pointed out that they did not even factor in the wide variations in life expectancy within Britain.
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Britain comes 16th out of 25 European countries in a new table on female life expectancy published in the Lancet medical journal, and seventh on male.
The figures place women’s longevity in this country just above that in Slovenia, and below that in Austria, Cyprus and Greece.
The figures were condemned as “unacceptable” by the Liberal Democrats, who pointed out that they did not even factor in the wide variations in life expectancy within Britain.
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By Bina Venkataraman, Globe Correspondent
People living in cities where air pollution decreased in recent decades saw their life expectancy increase an average of five months as a result of cleaner air, a new study from the Harvard School of Public Health and Brigham Young University strongly suggests.
The researchers looked at the amount of small particle pollutants in 51 US cities, including Boston, Worcester, and Providence, R.I., during the Read the rest of this entry »