In 1950, the average life expectancy of a Pole was 56 years, while that of a Pole woman was almost 62 years. Now the situation is completely different - we live longer, although we are far from such European countries as Iceland, Norway, France or Italy.
When providing information on the average life expectancy of the inhabitants of our country, the Central Statistical Office relies on the report “Life expectancy in 2021”. Hence it follows that the statistical Polish woman lives 79.7 years, while the Pole lives 71.8 years. Simply put, the average age of Polish women is almost 80 years, and men - 72 years, i.e. the difference between both sexes is 8 years. Interestingly, compared to 2019, life expectancy has decreased by about 2 years. According to GUS experts, this was due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to its outbreak, life expectancy had steadily increased. Today, men live an average of 18 years longer than they did in the middle of the last century, and women live 20 years longer. Interestingly, people living in cities live longer than people living in rural areas. However, the difference is insignificant - only a few months.
Where do the people who live the longest live?
In Poland, there is a large diversification of life expectancy across voivodships. In 2021, the range between the extremes of the indicator for men was 3 years. The shortest life expectancy was for men living in the Lubelskie Voivodeship (70.5 years), and the longest - in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship (73.5 years), among women the difference is smaller and amounts to 2.1 years. Women live the least in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian and Silesian Voivodeships (78.9 years), and the longest in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship (81 years).
In all voivodships, women die at a later age than men. The disproportion between the average life expectancy of men and women is the highest in the Podlaskie Voivodeship (8.9 years) and the lowest in the Pomorskie Voivodeship (7.4 years).
When creating the report, statistics on the largest cities of the country were analyzed in detail. Krakow, Lodz, Poznan, Szczecin, Warsaw, Wroclaw, as well as Katowice and Tri-city sub-regions were taken into account. The highest life expectancy was recorded in Krakow. (74.8 years for men, 81 years for women). For men, it was the shortest in Łódź (70.5 years) and for women in the Katowice subregion (78.3 years). The largest difference between life expectancy for men and women was recorded in Szczecin (8.1 years). Compared to other large cities, the Katowice sub-region and Lodz are very unfavorable, where life expectancy is more than a year lower than the national average.
Who lives longer than the Poles?
Eurostat data show that Poland in terms of life expectancy for men (72.5 years) ranked only 28th out of 35 countries. included in the Eurostat databases, ahead of only Bulgaria, Lithuania, Romania, Latvia, Serbia, North Macedonia and Hungary. In Europe, there were large differences in life expectancy. The longest live residents of Iceland and Norway - 81.6 years, the least - Bulgaria - 70 years. Among women, the longest life expectancy was recorded in France - 85.3 years, and the shortest - in North Macedonia - 76.7 years. In countries where life expectancy was relatively short, the difference between the life expectancy of men and women, with few exceptions, was very large. The countries with the largest spread were: Lithuania (10 years), Latvia (9.4 years), Estonia (8.6 years) and Poland (8.2 years) and the smallest: Iceland (3 years ), Norway (3.3 years). , the Netherlands (3.4 years) and Liechtenstein (3.4 years).
What do Poles most often die of?
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in Poland, accounting for 36% of all deaths. Although, analyzing the data of 30 years ago, we can say that we are less likely to die due to smoking, high blood pressure and cholesterol. Today, people struggling with heart disease are better cared for. However, it should be noted that the mortality rate from cardiovascular diseases among men under 45 is more than 3 times higher than among women of this age.
Cancer is the second most common cause of death in Poland, accounting for 23 percent of all deaths, although there is a slight decrease in mortality in all age groups. Interestingly, over the past thirty years, the mortality of both men and women aged 0 to 44 has doubled. Residents of Poland are also dying from the so-called. external causes, so-called accidents and injuries. Other causes of death include respiratory and digestive diseases.
Although the average life expectancy in Poland has increased, GUS experts fear that the situation may change. Mainly due to the increase in the percentage of obese people. 53% of women and 68% of men are overweight. Obesity contributes to the development of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and certain types of cancer.
Source: Wprost
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