List of Japanese prefectures by life expectancy

Map of Japanese prefectures by life expectancy (2015)

Prefectures by life expectancy at birth according to Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan. The total life expectancy is calculated out of the averages for men and women.

Rank	Prefecture	Life expectancy, total	Life expectancy, men[2]	Life expectancy, women[3]
1	Nagano	84.72	81.75	87.68
2	Shiga	84.68	81.78	87.57
3	Fukui	84.41	81.27	87.54
4	Kyoto	84.38	81.40	87.35
5	Kumamoto	84.36	81.22	87.49
6	Okayama	84.35	81.03	87.67
7	Nara	84.31	81.36	87.25
8	Kanagawa	84.28	81.32	87.24
9	Shimane	84.22	80.79	87.64
10	Hiroshima	84.21	81.08	87.33
11	Ōita	84.20	81.08	87.31
12	Tokyo	84.17	81.07	87.26
13	Ishikawa	84.16	81.04	87.28
14	Miyagi	84.08	80.99	87.16
15	Yamanashi	84.04	80.85	87.22
16	Shizuoka	84.03	80.95	87.10
16	Kagawa	84.03	80.85	87.21
18	Toyama	84.02	80.61	87.42
19	Niigata	84.01	80.69	87.32
20	Hyōgo	84.00	80.92	87.07
21	Aichi	83.98	81.10	86.86
22	Chiba	83.94	80.96	86.91
23	Mie	83.93	80.86	86.99
24	Gifu	83.91	81.00	86.82
25	Fukuoka	83.90	80.66	87.14
26	Saga	83.89	80.65	87.12
27	Okinawa	83.86	80.27	87.44
28	Saitama	83.74	80.82	86.66
29	Yamagata	83.74	80.52	86.96
30	Gunma	83.73	80.61	86.84
31	Miyazaki	83.73	80.34	87.12
32	Tottori	83.72	80.17	87.27
33	Yamaguchi	83.70	80.51	86.88
34	Nagasaki	83.68	80.38	86.97
35	Kochi	83.64	80.26	87.01
36	Hokkaido	83.53	80.28	86.77
37	Tokushima	83.49	80.32	86.66
38	Ehime	83.49	80.16	86.82
39	Osaka	83.48	80.23	86.73
40	Kagoshima	83.40	80.02	86.78
41	Ibaraki	83.31	80.28	86.33
42	Fukushima	83.26	80.12	86.40
43	Wakayama	83.21	79.94	86.47
44	Tochigi	83.17	80.10	86.24
45	Iwate	83.15	79.86	86.44
46	Akita	82.95	79.51	86.38
47	Aomori	82.30	78.67	85.93
	Japan	83.89	80.77	87.01