Women in Ightham have one of the highest life expectancies in England and Wales, according to new figures released by the Office of National Statistics.br br They ranked sixty-third on the list of nearly 8,000 locations, with an average life expectancy of more than 88 years.In you live in Rochester it's 81 for women and 79 if you're a man. br br We shoppers in the town if they were surprised with the results.