Here Are the States With the Highest and Lowest Life Expectancies

New Yorkers have the third-longest life expectancy in the US, while those born in the South have fewer years, according to a new report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Overall, Americans are expected to live an average of 78.7 years, the report published Thursday by the National Center for Health Statistics, a branch of the CDC, found.

The state with the lowest life expectancy was West Virginia, whose residents live an average of 74.4 years.

Rounding out the bottom 10 states were Mississippi (74.6), Alabama (75.1), Kentucky (75.3), Tennessee (75.5), Louisiana (75.6), Oklahoma (75.6), Arkansas (75.6), South Carolina (76.5) and Missouri (76.6). . .

On the other end of the spectrum, Hawaii fared the best – with an average life expectancy of 81 years – followed by California (80.8), New York (80.5), Minnesota (80.5), Connecticut (80.4), Massachusetts (80.1), Washington state (80), Colorado (80), New Jersey (79.8) and Rhode Island (79.8). (Read more from “Here Are the States With the Highest and Lowest Life Expectancies” HERE)

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