Overview
- Life expectancy in 2023 returned near pre‑pandemic levels at 87.5 years for women and 82 for men, the ASPB reported.
- Premature cancer mortality dropped in both sexes; breast cancer remains the top premature cause for women, with 50.4% screening uptake and a detection rate of 4.8 per 1,000 participants.
- The city recorded 103 suicides in 2023 (67 men, 36 women) and 87 in 2024, with higher male rates in Sants‑Montjuïc and Ciutat Vella and higher female rates in Les Corts, Gràcia and the Eixample.
- Primary care logged about 29,500 new anxiety cases and 9,300 new depression diagnoses in 2024, underscoring the city’s focus on services such as the new EstarB program and planned CAP expansion.
- Air‑quality gains since 2018 cut pollution‑linked deaths by 32% and pollution‑attributable childhood asthma by 28%, and 67,720 syringes were collected in public spaces in 2024.