SYNTHESIS INE@COVID-19, 29 Sept-2021

September . 29 . 2021 SYNTH SIS IN @ COVID-19 www.ine.pt page 7/8 Communication Unit | tel: +351 21 842 61 10 | sci@ine.pt Life tables for Portugal, 2018-2020 Life expectancy at birth: In the three-year period 2018-2020, life expectancy at birth in Portugal was estimated at 81.06 years for the total population, being: • 78.07 years for men (+ 1.90 years compared to estimated 2008-2010); • 83.67 years for women (+ 1.48 years in 2008-2010). Life expectancy at birth remains higher for women, but the gap for men has been decreasing and is now 5.60 years (6.02 in 2008-2010). By NUTS II region: • It was in the Norte that the highest values were observed for life expectancy at birth, for the population as a whole (81.46 years) and for men (78.55 years), and in the Centro for Women (84.00); • The greatest differences in longevity between men and women were observed in the Regiões Autónomas da Madeira (6.89) and the Açores (6.82) and the smallest in the Área Metropolitana de Lisboa (5.41) and in the Norte (5.44). By NUTS III region, the highest life expectancy at birth was observed in: • Cávado (82,10 years); • Região de Coimbra (81.58 years); • Região de Leiria (81.57 years). Life expectancy at 65 years: Life expectancy at 65 years in Portugal, reached 19.69 years, for the total population, being: • 17.76 years for men (+ 1.02 years than 2008-2010); • 21,11 years for women (+ 1.08 years than 2008-2010). The difference between longevity at age 65 for men and women in 2018-2020 was 3.35 years more. By NUTS II region, the highest values of life expectancy at 65 were in the Área Metropolitana de Lisboa (19.97 years), both for men (18.05 years) and for women (21.54 years); The three NUTS III regions with the greatest longevity at the age of 65 were: • Região de Coimbra (20.39 years old); • Terras de Trás-os-Montes (20.28 years); • Alto Tâmega (20.25 years old). More information available at: Portuguese Life Tables, 2018-2020 (24 September 2021)