Map Shows Which U.S. States Have the Highest (and Lowest) Life Expectancy

Once again in 1900, The average global expected life He was only 32 years old. Today, more than twice is more than 73 years (with An increase in an average of six years At the expected age all over the world registered in the first two decades of the twenty -first century alone).

Not all countries and taxis are completely as well as others, of course. GloballySuch as Monaco (86.5 years), San Marino (85.8), Hong Kong (85.6), Japan (84.8) have the highest average life expectancy, while Nigeria (54.6), Chad (55.2), the Central African Republic (57.7), and South Sudan (57.7) is ranked down. Oceania Recently join Europe As a continent with the highest average life expected (79.1), while in Africa, the number is 63.8.

Meanwhile, the average age of the United States is 78.4, according to The latest centers of the United States to combat and prevent it – but even within the United States, the story is completely different from one state to another, such as New analysis By data site The facts of the United States of America He appears.

1. How is the average age of expected
2. Countries that have the highest and lowest average life expected
3. The average life expected by the state from below to top

How is the average age of expected

The study data depends on the latest numbers from the Disease Control Center, which calculates the statistics of the average age expected based on the death rates of the age mentioned in a certain year. This means that the average life expectancy is not the same death rate for the state or the country (i.e. the percentage of people who died in a certain year), and it is not the average age of death in a country (which is the average number of all annual deaths reported). Instead, the average life expectancy is defined as the average life expected when death for a person born today.

Countries that have the highest and lowest average life expected

The study found that the country with the highest average age expected at birth in the United States is Hawaii, which exceeds the national average with a score of 79.9 years. Massachusetts was not late in second place with 79.6, followed by Connecticut in third place in 79.2.

In fact, there was a group of states in the northeast and New England found over the American national average, including New York, New Jersey (79.0), and the Rhe and New Hampshere (both of 78.5). Maine was the only state of New England, with a minimum average of the United States, with an average age of 76.7 years. Elsewhere, Minnesota (78.8), California (78.3), Utah (78.2), Washington (78.2) came out at the upper end of the list.

At the bottom of the table, the country with the lowest average life expectancy is Mississippi, which ranked much less than the national average – and a full decade behind Hawaii – with a degree of 70.9 years; Worse, this number shows a full general decrease In the past five years. West Virginia (71.0) was not backward in the second to the last place, followed by Alabama (72.0), Louisiana (72.2) and Kentucky (72.3).

In general, there was a coastal gap for a distinct internal interior, in addition to a clear discrimination in the north against the south. But with life expectations In general Continuing to rise on an annual basis, whether these numbers change in the coming years – and if so, it will still be seen.

The average life expected by the state from below to top

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