BPS 2023 data: Papua's male life expectancy ranges from 70.86 years in Mimika to just 54.08 in Nduga — a stark 16.78-year gap across 30 regencies.

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In Papua, the latest available data on male life expectancy from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) for 2023 reveals a 16.78-year chasm between the province's most and least advantaged regencies.

Mimika recorded the highest figure at 70.86 years , while Nduga, deep in the highlands, posted just 54.08 years .

The Urban Advantage: Mimika and Jayapura City Mimika, where the Grasberg mining complex fuels economic activity, was followed by Jayapura City with 69.14 years and the Yapen Islands at 67.71 years .

These areas share easier access to hospitals, better sanitation, and more diverse livelihoods. Even lower-ranked coastal regencies like Biak Numfor (66.81) and Nabire (66.

79) remained comfortably above the provincial average, likely reflecting the concentration of health infrastructure along the coast.

A Wide Pack of Mid-Ranked Regencies Between those outliers, a dense cluster of 20 regencies fell within a narrow band from 63.11 to 66.79 years .

This suggests that many of Papua's interior districts face similar structural hurdles — limited transport, understaffed clinics, and high maternal malnutrition — even if their ranking differs by a few spots.

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