For the AIAN population, the estimated life expectancy in different counties in 2019 ranged from under 59 to over 93 years.The range of life expectancy also varied within groups. For all groups combined, the estimated life expectancy was below 65 years in some counties and over 90 years in others. In 2019, life expectancy varied widely among counties.counties experienced a decrease in life expectancy from 2010 to 2019. counties experienced an increase in life expectancy however, most of these gains were from 2000-2010. From 2010 to 2019, the Asian, Latino, Black, and white populations experienced only small improvements in life expectancy.For AIAN populations, there was no improvement in life expectancy. At the same time, the increase in life expectancy for the white population was more moderate (1.7 years). Between 20, life expectancy increased most for the Black population (3.9 years), the Asian population (2.9 years), and the Latino population (2.7 years).In 2019, overall life expectancy in years was 85.7 for the Asian population, 82.2 for the Latino population, 78.9 for the white population, 75.3 for the Black population, and 73.1 for the AIAN population.Life expectancy at the county level varied from 58.6 years for AIAN to 94.9 years for the Latino/Hispanic population, a range of 36 years. While these population groups maintained longer life expectancy than the white population, the advantage narrowed in a sizeable minority of counties for the Latino/Hispanic population (42%) and in most counties for the Asian population (60.2%). In addition, American Indian and Alaska Native populations have the lowest life expectancy of all populations and experienced a decrease in most counties, with a gap of more than 21 years in some counties.Īt the same time, the Latino/Hispanic and Asian populations had the longest life expectancy at the national level, but this advantage was not observed in all counties. Considering these two trends, the study noted that the decrease in the white-Black life expectancy gap could be attributed to the stagnation and reversal of gains in the white population. Meanwhile, the white population had a moderate increase, and in some counties, a decrease in life expectancy. In most counties, life expectancy for the Black population has increased more than any other racial and ethnic group but overall, the Black population still has a lower life expectancy than the white population. Pérez-Stable, M.D., co-author and director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), part of NIH. This in turn allows us to better identify responsive and enduring interventions for local communities,” said Eliseo J. “These varied outcomes in life expectancy raise significant questions. Why is life expectancy worse for some and better for others? The novel details in this study provide us the opportunity to evaluate the impact of social and structural determinants on health outcomes in unprecedented ways. The study was led by researchers at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington’s School of Medicine, Seattle, in collaboration with researchers from NIH and published on June 16th in The Lancet. This is according to a new study funded by the National Institutes of Health that examined trends in life expectancy at the county level.

In addition, most of these gains were prior to 2010. increased between 2000-2019, but widespread gaps among racial and ethnic groups existĬounty-level data provides unprecedented detail by geography and population groups.įrom 2000-2019 overall life expectancy in the United States increased by 2.3 years, but the increase was not consistent among racial and ethnic groups and by geographic area.

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