Female life expectancy: highest and lowest councils in South East (2022 to 2024)

Winchester had the highest female life expectancy of South East’s 64 councils in 2022 to 2024, at 86.3 years.

Hastings had the lowest, at 81.6 years. The middle council, West Berkshire, had 84.7 years.

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Female life expectancy for every council in South East, highest first. Councils without a figure are listed last with the reason.
Rank	Council	Value
1	Winchester	86.3 years
2	Hart	86.2 years
=3	Elmbridge	86.0 years
=3	South Oxfordshire	86.0 years
5	Waverley	85.9 years
6	Wokingham	85.8 years
7	Epsom and Ewell	85.7 years
8	Mole Valley	85.6 years
=9	Buckinghamshire	85.5 years
=9	Horsham	85.5 years
=11	Guildford	85.4 years
=11	Vale of White Horse	85.4 years
=11	West Oxfordshire	85.4 years
=11	Windsor and Maidenhead	85.4 years
=15	Fareham	85.3 years
=15	New Forest	85.3 years
=15	Sevenoaks	85.3 years
=15	Woking	85.3 years
=19	Bracknell Forest	85.2 years
=19	Eastleigh	85.2 years
=19	Mid Sussex	85.2 years
=19	Tandridge	85.2 years
23	Surrey Heath	85.1 years
=24	East Hampshire	85.0 years
=24	Reigate and Banstead	85.0 years
=24	Wealden	85.0 years
=27	Spelthorne	84.9 years
=27	Test Valley	84.9 years
=27	Tunbridge Wells	84.9 years
=30	Chichester	84.8 years
=30	Lewes	84.8 years
32	West Berkshire	84.7 years
33	Tonbridge and Malling	84.6 years
34	Basingstoke and Deane	84.3 years
=35	Cherwell	84.1 years
=35	Crawley	84.1 years
=35	Oxford	84.1 years
=38	Adur	84.0 years
=38	Isle of Wight	84.0 years
=40	Arun	83.9 years
=40	Ashford	83.9 years
=40	Maidstone	83.9 years
=40	Runnymede	83.9 years
=44	Canterbury	83.7 years
=44	Gravesham	83.7 years
=46	Brighton and Hove	83.6 years
=46	Dover	83.6 years
48	Worthing	83.5 years
=49	Havant	83.4 years
=49	Rushmoor	83.4 years
=51	Eastbourne	83.3 years
=51	Reading	83.3 years
53	Swale	83.2 years
54	Dartford	83.1 years
=55	Folkestone and Hythe	83.0 years
=55	Milton Keynes	83.0 years
=55	Rother	83.0 years
=58	Medway	82.6 years
=58	Portsmouth	82.6 years
=58	Slough	82.6 years
=58	Southampton	82.6 years
62	Gosport	82.3 years
63	Thanet	82.0 years
64	Hastings	81.6 years

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