BPS 2023 data shows Papua's male life expectancy spans from 70.86 years in Mimika to just 54.08 in Nduga — a 16.78-year chasm across 30 regencies of t

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Life expectancy figures at the provincial level often mask deep inequalities that only become visible when disaggregated by regency or city.

Papua's 2023 data on male life expectancy from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) provides a stark reminder: a provincial average can conceal differences of nearly two decades between administrative units sharing the same provincial health budget.

What the numbers show At the top, Mimika — the mining-driven regency around Timika — posted 70.86 years . At the bottom, the highland regency of Nduga recorded just 54.08 years , a gap of 16.78 years .

The next best performers were Jayapura City (69.14) and the Yapen Islands (67.71), both coastal or urban centres with better healthcare infrastructure.

The mid-table cluster tells a subtler story Nearly two-thirds of the 30 regencies fell between 63 and 67 years, a tight band that suggests many interior districts face similar structural constraints.

For instance, Sarmi (65.14) and Waropen (65.00) show nearly identical outcomes despite different geographies, pointing to shared bottlenecks in healthcare access.

Notably, Puncak Jaya and Mappi both recorded identical values of 64.01 years, while a group of half a dozen regencies — including Deiyai and Puncak — were separated by only a few months of life expectancy.

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