Italy's northerners and graduates live longest: health survey

A study of life expectancy in Italy reveals a "health gap" between north and south, as well as between those with and without a university degree. Someone in the northern province of Trentino can typically expect to live three years longer than a compatriot in southern Campania, according to the National Observatory for Italy's Regional Health, while completing a higher education adds up to five years to your life expectancy.

Examining nationwide data on health, the observatory found broad differences in average life expectancy between the south, where men typically live to 79.8 years and women to 84.1, and the wealthier north – especially the north-east, where people live longer on average than in any other part of Italy: 81.2 years for men and 85.6 for women.