Very interesting statistics.
Texas 78.5? I’m good with that.
79 for Virginia. Funny how 79 used to seem ancient not too long ago. Now in my mid 50’s 79 seems pretty young!
California and New York over 80? Maybe they are given more time to repent!
Tennessee is only 76.3 Only the good die young. I’m not giving up my Southern Cooking!
California and New York over 80? Maybe they are given more time to repent!
Tennessee is only 76.3 Only the good die young. I’m not giving up my Southern Cooking!
I’d like to see a map like that for 100 years ago. Looks to me like basic food and sanitation can extend lives anywhere and everywhere.
Smells like a setup for more “see the U.S. does NOT have the world’s best health care system” propaganda to me.
In general it looks like the colder states do a bit better than the warmer states.
These so called scientists and statisticians go out of there way to find statistics that make the South look bad and the people unhealthy.
These broad brushstroke statistics are meaningless without a breakdown by race, gender and ethnicity. Otherwise, it’s apples to oranges.
I see Virginia is at 79. That is more than long enough for me (late 50s).
13 years of age 81 in MN includs being frozen solid in suspended animation.
It’s a good thing Chicago has so many drive by shootings or they’d be milking the government an extra 10 years.
After my genealogy research I no longer buy life expectancy averages.
All through my family back into the 1500s I found lots of people living well into their 80s and even into their 90s regardless of wealth or social standing. I did find a lot of things that would drive the overall averages down.
A lot of women died fairly young after having 9 or 12 children. Of those 9 or 12 children it wasn’t unusual for 4 or 5 to die before 10 years old. Prior to 1850 or so it wasn’t unusual for men in my family to outlive 2 or 3 wives. Of the men who died before 40, a large percentage were sailors.
I also noticed a tendency of 2nd and 3rd wives to have fewer children and live longer themselves.
The variances within the states are far greater than between the states. The best predictor is gender. The second is lifestyle. The state where you live at the time has no influence on life expectancy.
My personal life expectancy is some part of whatever day I wake up.
I've done some serious thinking about what life is like just lying there.
The world’s most expensive health care system provides a life expectancy even with the likes of Syria, Dominica, Chile and MEXICO?
And it is going to get even more expensive and provide less health care?
WE are well and truly screwed up.
Old people are going to die when they get old and all the money in the world can’t stop that.
The wife’s folks just moved from their own home into assisted living. Her Dad is 93 and her Mom is 90. He was a ball-turret gunner on a B-17 in WW2.They married right after the war. PS; they are from Minnesota.
