List of Chinese administrative divisions by life expectancy explained

Global Data Lab (2019–2022)

See main article: List of Asian regions by life expectancy.

This is a list of the first-level administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China (P.R.C.) in order of their life expectancy in 2019–2022, including all provinces and autonomous regions, but not including special administrative regions.^[1]

region	2019					2021	2021 →2022	2022	2019 →2022
	male	female		overall	overall	male	female
China on average	77.97	75.30	80.82	5.52	0.24	78.21	0.38	78.59	75.96	81.34	5.38	0.62
	82.38	80.11	84.68	4.57	0.17	82.55	0.40	82.95	80.75	85.14	4.39	0.57
	82.32	80.16	84.43	4.27	0.17	82.49	0.40	82.89	80.79	84.89	4.10	0.57
	81.11	79.07	83.16	4.09	0.19	81.30	0.39	81.69	79.67	83.66	3.99	0.58
	80.00	77.78	82.39	4.61	0.19	80.19	0.38	80.57	78.44	82.84	4.40	0.57
	79.11	76.72	81.57	4.85	0.21	79.32	0.38	79.70	77.36	82.09	4.73	0.59
	79.08	76.42	81.98	5.56	0.23	79.31	0.38	79.69	77.09	82.48	5.39	0.61
	78.96	76.16	81.85	5.69	0.22	79.18	0.38	79.56	76.80	82.37	5.57	0.60
	78.83	75.51	82.60	7.09	0.22	79.05	0.38	79.43	76.17	83.10	6.93	0.60
	78.50	75.72	81.32	5.60	0.18	78.68	0.38	79.06	76.30	81.80	5.50	0.56
	78.33	75.54	81.38	5.84	0.23	78.56	0.38	78.94	76.20	81.90	5.70	0.61
	78.27	75.50	81.31	5.81	0.22	78.49	0.38	78.87	76.15	81.81	5.66	0.60
	78.24	75.42	81.15	5.73	0.17	78.41	0.38	78.79	75.96	81.66	5.70	0.55
	78.08	75.10	81.21	6.11	0.17	78.25	0.38	78.63	75.67	81.68	6.01	0.55
	77.82	74.30	81.73	7.43	0.24	78.06	0.37	78.43	74.97	82.24	7.27	0.61
	77.74	75.37	80.26	4.89	0.26	78.00	0.37	78.37	76.07	80.78	4.71	0.63
	77.73	75.18	80.48	5.30	0.23	77.96	0.37	78.33	75.86	80.97	5.11	0.60
	77.66	75.31	80.20	4.89	0.25	77.91	0.37	78.28	75.98	80.72	4.74	0.62
	77.62	75.00	80.47	5.47	0.26	77.88	0.37	78.25	75.70	81.00	5.30	0.63
	77.54	75.26	79.94	4.68	0.26	77.80	0.37	78.17	75.93	80.49	4.56	0.63
	77.54	74.68	80.64	5.96	0.25	77.79	0.37	78.16	75.34	81.18	5.84	0.62
	77.53	74.90	80.26	5.36	0.22	77.75	0.37	78.12	75.53	80.77	5.24	0.59
	77.36	74.71	80.22	5.51	0.28	77.64	0.37	78.01	75.41	80.77	5.36	0.65
	77.35	74.26	80.56	6.30	0.25	77.60	0.37	77.97	74.92	81.09	6.17	0.62
	77.30	74.63	80.18	5.55	0.26	77.56	0.37	77.93	75.31	80.70	5.39	0.63
	76.31	74.48	78.18	3.70	0.27	76.58	0.37	76.95	75.22	78.65	3.43	0.64
	75.37	73.27	77.63	4.36	0.28	75.65	0.36	76.01	73.99	78.14	4.15	0.64
	75.35	73.28	77.52	4.24	0.29	75.64	0.36	76.00	73.97	78.10	4.13	0.65
	74.84	71.67	78.29	6.62	0.36	75.20	0.36	75.56	72.41	78.96	6.55	0.72
	73.62	70.54	77.08	6.54	0.40	74.02	0.36	74.38	71.30	77.79	6.49	0.76
	73.61	71.31	76.04	4.73	0.35	73.96	0.35	74.31	72.04	76.67	4.63	0.70
	71.84	69.83	74.32	4.49	0.35	72.19	0.35	72.54	70.58	74.99	4.41	0.70

Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2019)

Life expectancy in Chinese regions in 2019 according to an article in the journal CCDC Weekly published by CCDC:^[2]

region		male	female
China	77.6	74.7	80.7	6.0
	82.7	80.3	85.0	4.7
	82.7	79.6	85.9	6.3
	81.5	78.8	84.5	5.7
	81.1	77.8	84.7	6.9
	80.8	77.9	83.8	5.9
	79.7	76.6	83.1	6.5
	79.5	76.8	82.7	5.9
	78.7	75.7	81.9	6.2
	78.0	75.3	81.1	5.8
	77.6	74.8	80.6	5.8
	77.5	75.0	80.3	5.3
	77.5	74.4	80.7	6.3
	77.2	73.8	81.0	7.2
	77.1	75.8	78.4	2.6
	77.0	74.6	79.7	5.1
	76.7	74.4	79.4	5.0
	76.6	73.6	80.1	6.5
	76.5	73.8	79.5	5.7
	76.4	73.9	79.3	5.4
	76.3	73.5	79.7	6.2
	76.1	73.6	78.9	5.3
	76.1	72.6	80.2	7.6
	75.9	73.4	78.6	5.2
	75.7	72.6	79.1	6.5
	75.5	72.5	79.0	6.5
	75.5	72.5	79.0	6.5
	74.8	72.1	77.8	5.7
	74.2	71.1	77.9	6.8
	72.1	70.1	74.4	4.3
	71.9	70.0	74.2	4.2
	70.1	67.6	72.9	5.3

World Bank Group (2022)

Life expectancy in the special administrative regions of China according to the World Bank Group:^[3]

Countries &<br>territories	2022				Historical data	COVID-19 2019→2022
All	Male	Female		2014		2019	2019 →2020	2020	2020 →2021	2021	2021 →2022	2022
	85.38	82.75	87.98	5.23	83.88	1.09	84.98	0.21	85.18	0.22	85.40	−0.02	85.38	0.40
	83.66	80.70	86.77	6.07	83.94	1.22	85.16	0.34	85.50	0.04	85.53	−1.87	83.66	−1.49
China on average	78.59	75.96	81.34	5.38	76.72	1.25	77.97	0.11	78.08	0.13	78.21	0.38	78.59	0.62

See also

• List of Chinese cities by life expectancy
• List of Asian countries by life expectancy
• List of countries by life expectancy
• Administrative divisions of China
• Demographics of China

References

• National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/ndsj/2013/indexch.htm
• The World FactBook https://web.archive.org/web/20070613003434/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2102.html
• List of Chinese cities by life expectancy

Notes and References

1. Web site: Life expectancy 2022 - Maps Subnational HDI (v8.0) . Global Data Lab . en . 15 October 2024.
2. Web site: Jing Yang, Ruhai Bai, Lijun Wang, Xiaoqi Feng, Yunning Liu, Maigeng Zhou . Healthy China: A Projection of Life Expectancy Based on the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 — China, 1990–2030 . . en . 13 January 2023 . 10.46234/ccdcw2023.008 . 36776687 . 12 April 2024. — table 1, page 42
3. Web site: Life expectancy at birth, total - Hong Kong SAR, China, Macao SAR, China . . en . 28 June 2021.