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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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