The hope of life in the community of Madrid more than 83 years.

-the region has a hope almost 2 years higher than the average of Spain

– in the last two decades, the life expectancy in Madrid has increased in almost 6 years

Madrid, January 2012- the life expectancy in the community of Madrid more than 83 years, according to the movement nature of the population of the National Institute of statistics (INE). This data it provided last Tuesday Health Minister Javier Fernández-Lasquetty Daroca health centre.

According to data from the National Institute of statistics, the life expectancy in the community of Madrid was 83.4 years and Spain average life expectancy is 81,87. In absolute terms, only the community of Madrid and Navarre have a life expectancy of greater than 83 years.

Madrid succeeded in having one of the highest hopes of life around the world – said Fernández-Lasquetty – exceeding 1.4 years the life expectancy in Japan. Furthermore, Madrid with 83.4 years of life expectancy has some figures better than those of all countries of the European Union and most of the regions Spain. so for example, at the national level Madrid has 2.7 years Andalusia and at European level, 2.4 years longer than France, more than Netherlands 3.2 or 2.2 rather than Italy ”.

Similarly, if one compares the increase in life expectancy during the past 20 years, Madrid is the region most improved in this indicator. And it is that since 1991, locals have increased 5.8 years life expectancy at birth, from 77.6 years to 83.4.

These life expectancy results are the result of the work of health professionals and especially of the of the of primary care, are able to address and resolve 90% of the population problems madrileña.

The primary attention of the community of Madrid has a very high level of coverage of the population. In this sense, the community of Madrid develops prevention and assistance programmes on treatments as the of ischemic heart disease in adults, in caring for patients with asthma, in the service of attention to the fragile elderly, in patients with heart failure or in monitoring patients with anticoagulation.

If we were to choose an indicator to summarize results of a health care system as a whole, probably the best would be that of life expectancy ”, concluded the Adviser.