Press release No. 404 of 18 October 2018
WIESBADEN – According to the results of the current life table for 2015/2017, the life expectancy of newborn boys is 78 years and 4 months and that of newborn girls is 83 years and 2 months. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the life expectancy of newborns changed only very slightly compared with the previous life table for 2014/2016.
The life expectancy values for older people also remained almost unchanged.
