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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