"Figure 5a: Life expectancy for males has increased at a lower rate across all regions for the most recent period","" "Life expectancy gain in months, English regions, between 2001 to 2003 and 2016 to 2018","" "","" "Notes","1. To report the gain in life expectancy at birth, temporally distinct adjacent periods are subtracted. The year 2001 to 2006 on the x-axis reflects the gains between 2001 to 2003 and 2004 to 2006, and similarly the year 2013 to 2018 reflects gains between 2013 to 2015 and 2016 to 2018." "Unit","Months" "","" "Area","2001 to 2003 and 2004 to 2006","2007 to 2009 and 2010 to 2012","2013 to 2015 and 2016 to 2018" "East Midlands","12","12.4","1.8" "East","11.4","10.8","-0.1" "London","15.6","14.1","5.9" "North East","11.8","13.3","0.7" "North West","11.2","13","2.3" "South East","13","10.8","2.3" "South West","12","10.4","1.3" "West Midlands","11.4","14.1","1.5" "Yorkshire and The Humber","11.4","11.9","1.3"