Southerners aren't living longer?
2025-05-19 17:39:53.219986+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Results Analyses included 179 million deaths (77 million female and 102 million male). In the West and Northeast, cohort life expectancy improved from 1900 to 2000, but in some Southern states, it changed less than 3 years since 1900 in females and less than 2 years since 1950 in males. Washington, DC, had the lowest life expectancy in the 1900 birth cohort but a greater increase than the other states (from 61.1 to 72.8 years of age). After 35 years of age, the highest rate-doubling time in a state was 9.39 years in New York for females and 11.47 years for males in Florida. The shortest rate-doubling times were 7.96 years for females in Oklahoma and 8.95 years for males in Iowa.
doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.7695
Which is pretty astounding when you look at national overall cohort life expectancy, and I think I'd like someone smarter than me to break this down a little bit.
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