Men in Limerick estates have lowest life expectancy
Single men living in a council house in Limerick have the lowest life expectancy, latest official figures suggest.
Opting to live in the country with your own house and being well educated appears to be the key to a longer life, according to the 2006/2007 data from the Central Statistics Office.
It revealed the death rate for people living in cities or towns was higher than in rural areas, with Limerick faring the worst in the urban table.
Labour TD Jan O’Sullivan said she was shocked by the finding, but claimed there was less of a social mix in Limerick than other places.
“Limerick generally has bad figures in terms of a number of indicators in the CSO,” she said. “We’re high in poverty, we’re high in lone parenthood.”
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