{"id":5202,"date":"2012-09-14T14:46:08","date_gmt":"2012-09-14T20:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/?p=5202"},"modified":"2012-09-14T14:46:08","modified_gmt":"2012-09-14T20:46:08","slug":"which-states-residents-live-the-longest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/health\/which-states-residents-live-the-longest\/","title":{"rendered":"Which State’s Residents Live the Longest?"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s a pretty small range between 80 and 74. Regardless of statistics: Life is short and then you die. LIVE while you can.<\/p>\n

Which State\u2019s Residents Live the Longest?<\/a> <\/p>\n

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The top five states with the longest life expectancy at birth in 1999-2001 were:<\/p>\n

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  1. Hawaii – 80.2 years <\/li>\n
  2. Minnesota – 79.3 years <\/li>\n
  3. North Dakota – 79.1 years <\/li>\n
  4. Connecticut – 78.9 years <\/li>\n
  5. Utah – 78.9 years<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The bottom five states (excluding the District of Columbia) with the shortest life expectancy at birth were:<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    46.  Kentucky – 75.2 years
    47.  South Carolina – 75 years
    48.  Alabama – 74.8 years
    49.  Louisiana – 74.3 years
    50.  Mississippi – 73.9 years<\/p>\n

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    The full life expectancy tables by state are available at the CDC\u2019s web site<\/a>. \u2026<\/p>\n

    Overall, women had a higher life expectancy in all states and the District of Columbia. The average difference between female and male life expectancy ranged from nine years in the District of Columbia to 3.7 years in Wyoming.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    Which State\u2019s Residents Live the Longest?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    It\u2019s a pretty small range between 80 and 74. Regardless of statistics: Life is short and then you die. LIVE while you can. Which State\u2019s Residents Live the Longest? The top five states with the longest life expectancy at birth in 1999-2001 were: Hawaii – 80.2 years Minnesota – 79.3 years North Dakota – 79.1 … Continue reading Which State’s Residents Live the Longest?<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[135],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5202"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5203,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5202\/revisions\/5203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}