From ABC News:
US life expectancy declined in 2020 mainly due to COVID, report finds
For the U.S. overall, life expectancy was 78.8 years in 2019, an increase of 0.1 years from 2018.
States with the highest life expectancy were mostly in the Northeast and West states while states with the lowest life expectancy were Southern states.”The fact that there can be such large differences in life expectancy within one country, that’s what I find most interesting,” Dr. Elizabeth Arias, director of U.S. Life Tables at NCHS and first author of the study, told ABC News.
Hawaiians had the highest life expectancy at birth in 2019, living to nearly 81 years old.
The Aloha State also led the U.S. in highest life expectancy for women at 83.9 years.
Rounding out the top five were California, New York, Minnesota and Massachusetts, respectively. California had the highest life expectancy for males in 2019 at 78.4 years.I started to think about the reasons why. One, of course, is the weather and lifestyle, particularly no harsh winters. And second, most of the residents are Asian, Polynesian, or SE Asian in ethnicity. Third, the diet, which is a bit incongruous, considering the amount of carbs in a typical Hawaiian meal (whatever that is).
So, maybe we should move here, live a little longer, and enjoy the island lifestyle?
Highest life expectancies
- Hawaii: 80.9 years
- California: 80.9 years
- New York: 80.7 years
- Minnesota: 80.4 years
- Massachusetts: 80.4 years
- Connecticut: 80.3 years
- New Jersey: 80.1 years
- Washington: 80 years
- Colorado: 80 years
- Vermont: 79.8 years
Lowest life expectancies
- Mississippi: 74.4 years
- West Virginia: 74.5 years
- Alabama: 75.2 years
- Kentucky: 75.5 years
- Tennessee: 75.6 years
- Arkansas: 75.7 years
- Oklahoma: 75.7 years
- Louisiana: 75.7 years
- South Carolina: 76.8 years
- Ohio: 76.9 years
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