Residents of Bnei Brak, the fervently Orthodox suburb of Tel Aviv, can expect to live longer than residents in any other Israeli city, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics. The life expectancy in Bnei Brak is 81.1 years for women and 77.4 years for men. The average life expectancy in Israel is 79.6 for women and 75.7 for men.
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