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US Life Expectancy Falling Further Behind Other Nations
The authors wrote:
"When compared to the international frontier for life expectancy, US counties range from being 16 calendar years ahead to more than 50 behind for women. For men the range is from 15 calendar years ahead to more than 50 calendar years behind. This means that some counties have a life expectancy today that nations with the best health outcomes had in 1957."
The researchers believe that high obesity rates, smoking status and other preventable risk factors are key factors in America's poor life expectancy figures, rather than the size of the country, economics or racial diversity.
In Mississippi, five counties have female life expectancy rates below 74.5 years - lower than Peru, El Salvador and Honduras. Four of those counties have male life expectancies below 67 years, less than the Philippines, Latvia and Brasil.
In Collier County, Florida, women have a life expectancy of 86 years, which beats Spain, Switzerland and France. Life expectancy for males in Fairfax County, VA, at 81 years is the highest in the country, beating Australia and Japan.
The longest female life spans were found in San Mateo and Marin, California; Montgomery, Maryland; Teton, Wyoming. While for males Montgomery, Maryland; Douglas, Colorado; Marin, California; Santa Clara, California did best.
Females doing worse than males in USA
In approximately 40% of American counties (1,373 counties), women were over five years behind the countries with the longest life expectancies, compared to US males in 661 counties.
In all counties, African-American men and women have lower life expectancies than Caucasian males and females.
The authors wrote:
"When compared to the international frontier for life expectancy, US counties range from being 16 calendar years ahead to more than 50 behind for women. For men the range is from 15 calendar years ahead to more than 50 calendar years behind. This means that some counties have a life expectancy today that nations with the best health outcomes had in 1957."
The researchers believe that high obesity rates, smoking status and other preventable risk factors are key factors in America's poor life expectancy figures, rather than the size of the country, economics or racial diversity.
In Mississippi, five counties have female life expectancy rates below 74.5 years - lower than Peru, El Salvador and Honduras. Four of those counties have male life expectancies below 67 years, less than the Philippines, Latvia and Brasil.
In Collier County, Florida, women have a life expectancy of 86 years, which beats Spain, Switzerland and France. Life expectancy for males in Fairfax County, VA, at 81 years is the highest in the country, beating Australia and Japan.
The longest female life spans were found in San Mateo and Marin, California; Montgomery, Maryland; Teton, Wyoming. While for males Montgomery, Maryland; Douglas, Colorado; Marin, California; Santa Clara, California did best.
Females doing worse than males in USA
In approximately 40% of American counties (1,373 counties), women were over five years behind the countries with the longest life expectancies, compared to US males in 661 counties.
In all counties, African-American men and women have lower life expectancies than Caucasian males and females.
