There are many factors that influence our health, e.g. diet, physical activity, hygiene, etc. Are our education and place of residence among these factors?
Statistics say that in the 1970s and 1980s people living in the countryside had a longer life expectancy than those living in the city.
In 2010, men living in cities lived to 72 years of age on average, while men living in towns lived one year less. The average of female rural residents was slightly higher than that of urban residents. One can see regional variations in the average life expectancy in our country.
Men live on average the shortest in the Łódzkie Voivodeship - about 70 years, and the longest in the Zachodniopomorskie and Podlaskie Voivodeships. In the Silesian Voivodeship, life expectancy is the same in both urban and rural areas. The highest number of deaths due to circulatory problems was recorded in the Świętokrzyskie Province and the lowest in the Pomorskie Province. The provinces in the north-western part of Poland recorded the highest number of deaths caused by carcinogenic lesions.
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As the level of education increases, the risk of cancer increases. In Poland, life expectancy also decreases in both men and women as the level of education decreases. Statistically, the average life expectancy of a 25-year-old man with secondary or higher education was 13.1 years longer after 2000 than that of men with primary education. For women, the difference is approximately nine years.
