Did you know that male life expectancy at birth in Northern Ireland increased by 1.4 years from 76.3 in 2006-08 to 77.7 years in 2010-12.  During the same period, female life expectancy increased by 0.9 years to 82.1 years.  These improvements were mainly driven by falling mortality among people aged 60 years and over and reduced mortality due to circulatory disease and avoidable causes.

Further information about life expectancy are available in the Life Expectancy Decomposition 15: Explaining the variations report