 A 2014 profile by the National Health Service showed Plymouth had higher than average levels of poverty and deprivation ( 26 @.@ 2 % of population among the poorest 20 @.@ 4 % nationally ) . Life expectancy , at 78 @.@ 3 years for men and 82 @.@ 1 for women , was the lowest of any region in the South West of England . 
