Health status of Madrid residents: the oldest in Europe and deaths from breast and colon cancer are decreasing. Madrid has recovered and consolidated European leadership in relation to life expectancy, which stands at 84 years on average.
In the last two decades, the life expectancy of women has increased from 84 to 87 years and that of men from 77 to 82 years. The Government of Isabel Díaz Ayuso has implemented several measures to promote motherhood and has provided nearly 16,000 birth aid. Meanwhile, the age at which a woman has her first child continues to rise to 34.6 years.