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Study Finds German Border Regions Lag Neighbors in Life Expectancy, Widest Gap With Switzerland

Researchers link the persistent cross-border gaps to national health systems, prevention efficacy and lifestyle risks across 277 regions from 1995 to 2019.

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In deutschen Grenzregionen ist die Lebenserwartung einer Studie zufolge häufig niedriger als in angrenzenden Regionen in westeuropäischen Nachbarländern. Dies ergab eine Studie des Bundesinstituts für Bevölkerungsforschung in Wiesbaden.
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Overview

  • German men in areas bordering Switzerland live on average 2.2 years less than Swiss men, with a 1.4-year gap for women.
  • Along the Dutch and Danish frontiers, German men lag by about 1.8 years, while women show the largest shortfall versus France at 1.5 years, followed by Switzerland at 1.4 and Denmark at 1.1.
  • The peer-reviewed analysis appears in the European Journal of Epidemiology and focuses on western European border regions.
  • Researchers report that cross-border differences remain largely stable over time, indicating strong national influences on regional mortality.
  • The authors cite health-system performance, prevention and treatment effectiveness, and lifestyle-driven disease patterns, including higher cardiovascular mortality in Germany, and note that Polish and Czech borders were not assessed.