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Highlights
- Australia's life expectancy is soaring, with the Australian Capital Territory and Victoria taking the crown for the longest-lived citizens.
- According to the most recent Australian Bureau of Statistics data, a baby girl is anticipated to survive 85.3 years and a baby boy for 81.2 years.
- Male life expectancy has increased at a quicker rate than female life expectancy over the years.
Australia has one of the world's largest life expectancy rates. Moreover, Australia's life expectancy is soaring, with the Australian Capital Territory and Victoria taking the crown for the longest-lived citizens.
According to the most recent Australian Bureau of Statistics data, a baby girl is anticipated to survive 85.3 years and a baby boy for 81.2 years.
Beidar Cho, ABS Demography Director, stated
Trends in life expectancy
In Australia, life expectancy has risen considerably for both sexes over the last century, notably life expectancy at birth.
Moreover, the number of additional years a person can anticipate to live, or their projected age at death in years, could be stated as life expectancy at various ages.
In the period between 2018-2020, male life expectancy at birth rose to 81.2 years, up from 80.9 in the previous period. Female life expectancy has also risen to 85.3 years, up from 85.0 the year before. Here's how male life expectancy has grown throughout time.
Male life expectancy has increased at a quicker rate than female life expectancy over the years. For example, around 30 years ago, males in Australia had a life expectancy of 73.9 years, and females had 80.1 years.
Bottom line
Life expectancy varies during a person's life because as they pass through the stages of birth, childhood, and adolescence, their chances of living to a later age rise.
