The average life expectancy of Shanghai’s registered population reached 83.37 years last year, 0.24 years higher than in 2016, the city’s health and family planning commission said yesterday.

The average life expectancy for the city’s women residents is 85.85 years, about five years more than the men’s 80.98.

Maternal mortality dropped from 2016’s 5.51 per 100,000 people to a record low of 3.01 while infant mortality was 3.71 per 1,000 babies, a slight increase of 0.04.