List of Japanese prefectures by life expectancy explained

This is a list of Japanese prefectures by life expectancy.^[1]

List (2015)

Prefectures by life expectancy at birth according to Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan. The total life expectancy is calculated out of the averages for men and women.

Rank	Life expectancy, total	Life expectancy, men^[2]	Life expectancy, women^[3]
1	84.72	81.75	87.68
2	84.68	81.78	87.57
3	84.41	81.27	87.54
4	84.38	81.40	87.35
5	84.36	81.22	87.49
6	84.35	81.03	87.67
7	84.31	81.36	87.25
8	84.28	81.32	87.24
9	84.22	80.79	87.64
10	84.21	81.08	87.33
11	84.20	81.08	87.31
12	84.17	81.07	87.26
13	84.16	81.04	87.28
14	84.08	80.99	87.16
15	84.04	80.85	87.22
16	84.03	80.95	87.10
16	84.03	80.85	87.21
18	84.02	80.61	87.42
19	84.01	80.69	87.32
20	84.00	80.92	87.07
21	83.98	81.10	86.86
22	83.94	80.96	86.91
23	83.93	80.86	86.99
24	83.91	81.00	86.82
25	83.90	80.66	87.14
26	83.89	80.65	87.12
27	83.86	80.27	87.44
28	83.74	80.82	86.66
29	83.74	80.52	86.96
30	83.73	80.61	86.84
31	83.73	80.34	87.12
32	83.72	80.17	87.27
33	83.70	80.51	86.88
34	83.68	80.38	86.97
35	83.64	80.26	87.01
36	83.53	80.28	86.77
37	83.49	80.32	86.66
38	83.49	80.16	86.82
39	83.48	80.23	86.73
40	83.40	80.02	86.78
41	83.31	80.28	86.33
42	83.26	80.12	86.40
43	83.21	79.94	86.47
44	83.17	80.10	86.24
45	83.15	79.86	86.44
46	82.95	79.51	86.38
47	82.30	78.67	85.93
	83.89	80.77	87.01