Life Expectancy in the US

Posted by Twunkorama

39 Comments

  1. Own-Transition-5170 on

    Now add in race and job opportunities. The lowest death rate has the highest job opportunities. Many, many actual studies.

  2. it is both surprising and not surprising at all how closely this matches political voting results maps.

  3. AnalogAficionado on

    A few demographic factors certainly leap to mind. My own county is an island of blue in a sea of red. The flagship state university is here, there are two major medical centers, a lot of white-collar work. The surrounding state is mostly rural, underdeveloped, and conservative.

  4. I don’t trust this map. Any time there are giant differences that follow state borders exactly, it means that there are differences in how the data is being gathered.

  5. What is the source of this data, because anything I look has much more generous numbers? Especially for the Southern states.

  6. Defiant_Band_4485 on

    Everybody talking about how this matches political voting results with blue states having higher life expectancy are so rotted by partisanship. States like Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, and the mountainous parts of Idaho and Montana have the highest life expectancy due to the environment likely encouraging people to go outside and exercise more. Republican areas like the Dakotas, rural Minnesota, a ton of Kansas & Nebraska, and parts of rural Nevada are doing fine, likely due to oil money allowing for more healthcare. The only real conclusion here is that The South and minority groups have the lowest life expectancy.

  7. MAGA states dominate with lowest life expectancy. They’re not interested in healthcare & science.

  8. hydrated_purple on

    I’m in Missouri, and it’s while how Kansas City (where I live) is one of the few outliers in the state. I’m not surprised though.