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In the United States, the longest life expectancy in states Hawaii (82.3), California (81.7), and New York (81.4), while life expectancy in Mississippi (74.9), American Samoa (74.8), and West Virginia (74.8) are the shortest across the nation.
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Life expectancy is a demographic measure of the average time an individual is expected to live based on the year of its birth, its current age, and other demographic factors, including gender.
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The Northeastern United States, the California coast, Deep North, Midwest, and Florida have the highest life expectancy.
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Life expectancy is determined as the average number of years that a person could expect to live if they experienced the age-specific mortality rates prevailing in a given nation in a select year. In 1930, life expectancy at birth in the United States was 58 for men and 62 for women. By 2001, the average U.S. life expectancy was 74 for men and 80 for women. In 2018 the average life expectancy was 80 years for males and 84 years for females.
Read moreThe map below shows countries where the overall average life expectancy is over 80. Nowadays, the average life expectancy at birth in the world is about 71 years.
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