Mississippi had lowest life expectancy in U.S. in 2019, while Hawaii’s was highest
“‘When you look at the map of life expectancy, and if you were to look at a map of socioeconomic status — which includes poverty, education attainment — you would see that they would look very similar,’ said Elizabeth Arias, the lead author of the new report.
‘Mortality from the leading causes of death are higher in those areas — heart disease, cancer, stroke,’ Arias added.
Research on life expectancies at the neighborhood level has revealed similar trends, she said.
‘Life expectancy really correlated with the socioeconomic status of the population in the area,’ Arias said. ‘Really well-to-do areas had really high life expectancies.’
Nine percent of Hawaii residents lived below the poverty line in 2019.”