MOLE Valley residents can expect to live up to seven years longer than the national average, new figures reveal.
According to data released by the Office for National Statistics, the district's life expectancy for babies born between 2009 and 2011 is 81.1 years for men, compared to Blackpool which, at 73.8 years, is the area with the lowest life expectancy in England and Wales.
Meanwhile for Mole Valley women the figure was 84.9, more than five years higher than the lowest figure recorded of 79.3 in Manchester.
The figures show that three of the top ten areas in England and Wales for life expectancy for men are in Surrey – with Epsom and Ewell in fifth place at 81.9, Guildford in seventh place at 81.9, and Elmbridge in eight place at 81.8.
Epsom and Ewell also made the top ten for life expectancy for women, in sixth place at 85.8.
The highest life expectancy recorded in England and Wales for both men and women was in East Dorset, at 83 and 86.4 respectively.
The report states: "The distribution of life expectancy across England was characterised by a north-south divide, with people in local areas in the north generally living shorter lives than those in the south.
"According to 2009-11 mortality rates, approximately 91 per cent of boys and 94 per cent of girls in East Dorset at birth will reach their 65th birthday. The comparable figures were 77 per cent and 86 per cent in Blackpool and Manchester respectively. The gap between the local areas with the highest and lowest life expectancy was wider for males than for females but there was no significant change in this inequality between 2005-07 and 2009-11."
