Life expectancy by ethnicity in USA

Posted by Redditor_imfo

29 Comments

  1. leonprimrose on

    I feel like the color scale should be weighted the same for each because the way it’s set up looks like white americans live shorter lives than black americans but the numbers show that’s not the case

  2. Hispanics live longer than white people although they are on average much poorer? That is very interesting.

  3. No-Grapefruit-5464 on

    Leave the U.S. if you’re black. Is that the message? There needs to be an intelligence over time in relation to this chart.

  4. swindlemachine on

    Hispanics stay winning

    jk look at all the ice stuff going on…

    at least we got this..!

  5. Not keeping the age range the same makes this data visualization really confusing or misleading

  6. Like most of these sorts of questions it’s seems to follow average incomes broke out by state mostly 

  7. vanilla_w_ahintofcum on

    Why not a bar chart showing all three ethnicities by state? Flipping back and forth between the maps sucks.

  8. Why not use RGB values for colors for each race and display everything on a single map?

  9. Itsnotsponge on

    I love how every map of the US lines up with the electoral college exactly how youd expect

  10. onthenerdyside on

    DC’s white population figures are skewed by the Senate and the White House

  11. breakthro444 on

    I see that OP knew everyone would be shook AF if they saw our Asian forever-genes.

    But also, shout-out to my fellow Massholes for taking care of our people.

  12. Massive_Basket_172 on

    The first slide explains why old white people refuse to stop running for office – DC at 87.5?!?

  13. exileonmainst on

    You’ve got the tool used to create it and your reddit name but not where the data comes from…

  14. Gullible_Agent8403 on

    Are these numbers including or excluding infant mortality? Curious to see the change if that is taken out or included.

  15. How much of this is due to Hispanics moving to another country near the end of old age? I have a lot of friends whose family did some version of that.

  16. 70-something is still surprisingly high, considering all the health issues among so many Americans, and the lack of proper healthcare for the uninsured, the underinsured, the homeless, and the undocumented.

  17. Yo_Mr_White_ on

    As a hispanic man well versed with white american culture, my **guesses** as to why we live longer are:

    * Most hispanics are mixed race people (native american mixed with southern european and some african)
    * You’ve ever heard that pure bred dogs live shorter?
    * Hispanics dont get stressed as much as we take life less seriously. Stress is rampant in white people over the most insignificant things.
    * More likely to eat home cooked meals than to eat out. More traditional gender roles lead to more home-cooked meals from the wife. You dont have to agree with it being right or not. That’s not the point.

    **Hispancs really punch above their weight class** despite having a similar economic situation to black people and having way less access to health care than whites or blacks due to lack of immigration documentation being common issue in our community.

  18. sammorganIII on

    Not that helpful of a chart without socio economic stats or more specific geo graphics. Zipcode says more than state