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Life expectancy of newborns in Saxony-Anhalt has fallen

The life expectancy of newborn boys and girls in Saxony-Anhalt has recently fallen. It averages 82.3 years for girls and 75.8 years for boys, the State Statistical Office announced in Halle on Thursday on the basis of the 2020/22 mortality table. Compared to the previous calculations from the...

A few weeks old baby clenches his hand into a small fist. Photo.aussiedlerbote.de
A few weeks old baby clenches his hand into a small fist. Photo.aussiedlerbote.de

Population - Life expectancy of newborns in Saxony-Anhalt has fallen

The life expectancy of newborn boys and girls in Saxony-Anhalt has recently fallen. It averages 82.3 years for girls and 75.8 years for boys, the State Statistical Office announced in Halle on Thursday on the basis of the 2020/22 mortality table. Compared to the previous calculations from the 2019/21 mortality table, the life expectancy of girls fell by around four months and that of boys by around five months. This was the second decline in a row.

Nationwide, life expectancy for newborn girls was 83.2 years and 78.3 years for boys. This was also below the values of the 2019/21 mortality table, when the figures were 83.4 and 78.5 years.

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Source: www.stern.de

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