Life Expectancy, by State

[George K]

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/11/here-are-the-states-with-the-longest-and-shortest-life-expectancies-according-to-the-cdc-.html

[jon-nyc]

I wonder how much of that is just composition effect of ethnic variation.

[LuFins Dad]

1. is it any wonder poorer states have lower life expectancies?

2. not sure I saw the metrics. Did they base it on age at death? How does that account for all those people that lived 70 years in PA/OH/WV etc then moved to FL/AZ/CA/HI for their final decades?

[Jolly]

@jon-nyc said in Life Expectancy, by State:

I wonder how much of that is just composition effect of ethnic variation.

Good question. High percentage of blacks in many of those states....

[jon-nyc]

@jolly And states with high Latino and Asian populations do better.

[jon-nyc]

2014 data:

Native Americans: 75.06 years
African Americans: 75.54 years
White Americans: 79.12 years
Hispanic Americans: 82.89 years
Asian Americans: 86.67 years

[Copper]

What about Irish Americans?

In the 1840s: The peasants fleeing Ireland had a shorter life expectancy (19 years) than slaves in the U.S. (36 years).

Irish life expectancy is now 82.26.

https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/for-st-patricks-day-some-lessons-from-the-rise-of-americas-irish/