Scientists Just Ranked All 50 States By Life Expectancy. The Results Are Truly Stunning

If you live in Mississippi, you have the same life expectancy as someone in Bangladesh.

By Bill Murphy Jr.Executive editor of operations, Some Spider, and founder, ProGhostwriters.com@BillMurphyJr

https://www.inc.com/bill-murphy-jr/scientists-just-ranked-all-50-states-by-life-expectancy-results-are-truly-stunning.html

What's the difference between living in Minnesota and living in Mississippi?

About seven years.

It sounds like some kind of weird joke, but according to a new study, it's no laughing matter. That's because there's a massive disparity among U.S. states in terms of how long people live.

People in Minnesota live the longest in the United States: 78.7 years old on average. Mississippi ranked 51st (the study includes Washington, D.C.). Live expectancy there is just 71.8 years: a 9.6 percent difference.

This truly is a fascinating study, pulling together reams of data to create "the most comprehensive state-by-state health assessment ever undertaken," according to a press release. (The study itself was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.) It's unusual because most big studies examine the United States as a whole, and yet there's a vast disparity of health and longevity among the states.

The biggest thieves robbing years from people's lives? You already know them: tobacco use, alcohol abuse, and bad diets.

Below, you'll find all 50 states, plus the District of Columbia, ranked from highest life expectancy to lowest.

We're also including benchmarks: the average life expectancy of people living in various foreign countries, as compiled in the separate World Health Organization's 2016 report on global life expectancy.

1. Minnesota: average, 78.7 years
2. California: average, 78.6 years
3. Connecticut: average, 78.4 years
4. Hawaii: average, 78.4 years
5. Colorado: average, 78.1 years
6. New York: average, 78.1 years
7. Washington State: average, 78.1 years
(Benchmark--Croatia: average, 78.0 years)
8. Massachusetts: average, 77.9 years
9. Utah: average, 77.9 years
10. New Jersey: average, 77.8 years
(Benchmark--Albania: average, 77.8 years)
11. New Hampshire: average, 77.7 years
12. Vermont: average, 77.6 years
(Benchmark--Bosnia and Herzegovina: average, 77.4 years)
13. Oregon: average, 77.4 years
14. Wisconsin: average, 77.3 years
15. Idaho: average, 77.2 years
16. Iowa: average, 77.2 years
17. Nebraska: average, 77.2 years
18. North Dakota: average, 77.2 years
19. Rhode Island: average, 77.2 years
20. Arizona: average, 77.1 years
(Benchmark--Uruguay, average: 77.0 years)
21. Florida: average, 77.0 years
22. Virginia: average, 77.0 years
23. Maryland: average, 76.8 years
24. Montana: average, 76.8 years
(Benchmark--Mexico: average, 76.7 years)
25. South Dakota: average, 76.7 years
26. Illinois: average, 76.6 years
27. Maine: average, 76.5 years
28. Delaware: average, 76.2 years
29. Wyoming: average, 76.2 years
30. Kansas: average, 76.1 years
31. Texas: average, 76.1 years
(Benchmark--Vietnam: average, 76.0 years)
32. Pennsylvania: average, 76.0 years
33. Alaska: average, 75.9 years
34. Nevada: average, 75.9 years
35. Michigan: average, 75.6 years
(Benchmark--Iran, average: 75.5 years)
36. North Carolina: average, 75.4 years
37. Ohio: average, 75.1 years
38. Washington, DC: average, 75.1 years
39. New Mexico: average, 75.0 years
40. Missouri: average, 74.9 years
(Benchmark--Nicaragua: average, 74.8 years)
41. Georgia: average, 74.8 years
42. Indiana: average, 74.8 years
43. South Carolina: average, 74.2 years
(Benchmark--Dominican Republic: average, 73.9 years)
44. Tennessee: average, 73.5 years
45. Arkansas: average, 73.3 years
46. Kentucky: average, 73.2 years
47. Oklahoma: average, 73.2 years
48. Louisiana: average, 72.9 years
(Benchmark--Libya: average, 72.7 years)
49. West Virginia: average, 72.7 years
50. Alabama: average, 72.6 years
(Benchmark--Bangladesh, 71.8 years)
51. Mississippi: average, 71.8 years


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"I cannot see how nature could have created itself. Only a supernatural force that is outside of space and time could have done that. ~ Francis Collins

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"I cannot see how nature could have created itself. Only a supernatural force that is outside of space and time could have done that. ~ Francis Collins

Only 6 mentions of race in the entire study
And two of those are links

We have previously shown an association between socioeconomic and race/ethnicity factors and a 60% county-level variation in life expectancy, behavioral and metabolic risk factors and a 74% variation, and health care factors and a 27% variation.65 Combined, these factors are associated with 74% of overall variation. We also reported that most of the association between socioeconomic and race/ethnicity factors and life expectancy was mediated through behavioral and metabolic risk factors.

In everything.

Some report had Okinawa...

...and Loma Linda, CA...as 2 areas with the highest life expectancies in the world

Contributed mostly to their diets

The reason I LOL@these lists...is having been to Loma Linda...ain't nobody WANT to live there...LOL.

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"I cannot see how nature could have created itself. Only a supernatural force that is outside of space and time could have done that. ~ Francis Collins

or on the coast watching the ocean.

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1 District of Columbia 50.7% African American
2 Mississippi 37.3% African American
3 Louisiana 32.4% African American
4 Georgia 31.4% African American
5 Maryland 30.1% African American
6 South Carolina 28.5% African American
7 Alabama 26.4% African American
8 North Carolina 21.6% African American
9 Delaware 21.0% African American
10 Virginia 19.9% African American

serious history question.

They're small states by comparison

but they have a couple of large cities (relatively speaking) where I'm assuming most of the population is concentrated

urban = Black

Delaware - Wilmington and Dover = 1/10 of the population

Maryland - Baltimore > 1/10 of the population

I'm assuming that's why the percentages are so high...?

Red states at the bottom.

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Top 20 for 2018: (obviously not accounting for race)

Monaco 89.37 years
2. Japan 85.52
3. Singapore 85.47
4. Macau 84.57
5. San Marino 83.39
6. Andorra 82.91
7. Guernsey 82.68
8. Hong Kong 82.59
9. Australia 82.38
10. Italy 82.35
11. Canada 82.02
12. Channel Islands 82.02
13. Liechtenstein 82.01
14. France 81.86
15. Spain 81.83
16. Sweden 81.76
17. Switzerland 81.75
18. Israel 81.66
19. Iceland 81.61
20. Anguilla 81.59

My wife would love to move here


9. Australia 82.38
10. Italy 82.35
11. Canada 82.02
12. Channel Islands 82.02
14. France 81.86
15. Spain 81.83







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Support labor.

>1. Minnesota: average, 78.7 years
>2. California: average, 78.6 years
>3. Connecticut: average, 78.4 years
>4. Hawaii: average, 78.4 years
>5. Colorado: average, 78.1 years
>6. New York: average, 78.1 years
>7. Washington State: average, 78.1 years
>(Benchmark--Croatia: average, 78.0 years)
>8. Massachusetts: average, 77.9 years
Every state above this line voted Hillary.

>9. Utah: average, 77.9 years
Trump - but it's a small ass state.

>10. New Jersey: average, 77.8 years
>(Benchmark--Albania: average, 77.8 years)
>11. New Hampshire: average, 77.7 years
>12. Vermont: average, 77.6 years
>(Benchmark--Bosnia and Herzegovina: average, 77.4 years)
>13. Oregon: average, 77.4 years
>14. Wisconsin: average, 77.3 years

So 12 of the top 14 life expectancy states voted Democrat.

Correlation = causation!