Southern China

Health

A research showed that life expectancy was slightly higher in southern China compared to northern China. In 2018, it was 76.66 years for north and 77.35 for south. The shorter life expectancy in northern China can be partly attributed to outdoor air pollution due to winter district heating. According to the data from a survey in 2011, people in southern China were 10.51% less likely to be obese and overweight compared to the North.