Life expectancy by state, ranked
Hawaii leads at 79.9 years and Mississippi is last at 70.9, a gap of 9.0 years. Among men the gap is 9.3. The frog works in all 51.
The figures are life expectancy at birth in 2021, from the CDC. Tap a number for that state's survival curve and the outlook at later ages. The US figures are 76.4 overall, 73.5 for men, and 79.3 for women.
| # | State | All | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawaii | 79.9 | 77.0 | 83.1 |
| 2 | Massachusetts | 79.6 | 76.9 | 82.2 |
| 3 | Connecticut | 79.2 | 76.3 | 82.0 |
| 4 | New Jersey | 79.0 | 76.3 | 81.6 |
| 4 | New York | 79.0 | 76.3 | 81.6 |
| 6 | Minnesota | 78.8 | 76.3 | 81.4 |
| 7 | New Hampshire | 78.5 | 76.1 | 81.1 |
| 7 | Rhode Island | 78.5 | 75.9 | 81.0 |
| 9 | Vermont | 78.4 | 75.7 | 81.2 |
| 10 | California | 78.3 | 75.3 | 81.4 |
| 11 | Utah | 78.2 | 76.3 | 80.2 |
| 11 | Washington | 78.2 | 75.8 | 80.8 |
| 13 | Nebraska | 77.8 | 75.4 | 80.3 |
| 13 | Wisconsin | 77.8 | 75.2 | 80.5 |
| 15 | Colorado | 77.7 | 75.0 | 80.6 |
| 15 | Iowa | 77.7 | 75.2 | 80.4 |
| 17 | North Dakota | 77.6 | 75.0 | 80.5 |
| 18 | Oregon | 77.4 | 74.8 | 80.2 |
| 19 | Idaho | 77.2 | 74.8 | 79.7 |
| 19 | Maryland | 77.2 | 74.3 | 79.9 |
| 21 | Illinois | 77.1 | 74.2 | 80.0 |
| 22 | Virginia | 76.8 | 74.2 | 79.4 |
| 23 | Maine | 76.7 | 73.8 | 79.8 |
| 24 | South Dakota | 76.6 | 74.1 | 79.3 |
| 25 | Pennsylvania | 76.4 | 73.6 | 79.3 |
| 26 | Delaware | 76.3 | 73.3 | 79.4 |
| 27 | Florida | 76.1 | 73.1 | 79.3 |
| 28 | Kansas | 76.0 | 73.4 | 78.7 |
| 29 | Montana | 75.8 | 73.1 | 78.8 |
| 30 | Michigan | 75.7 | 72.9 | 78.6 |
| 31 | Texas | 75.4 | 72.7 | 78.3 |
| 32 | District of Columbia | 75.3 | 71.9 | 78.5 |
| 33 | Nevada | 75.1 | 72.4 | 78.2 |
| 34 | Arizona | 75.0 | 72.0 | 78.3 |
| 34 | Wyoming | 75.0 | 72.5 | 77.7 |
| 36 | North Carolina | 74.9 | 72.0 | 77.9 |
| 37 | Indiana | 74.6 | 71.8 | 77.5 |
| 37 | Missouri | 74.6 | 71.6 | 77.8 |
| 39 | Alaska | 74.5 | 72.2 | 77.3 |
| 39 | Ohio | 74.5 | 71.7 | 77.5 |
| 41 | Georgia | 74.3 | 71.6 | 77.1 |
| 42 | South Carolina | 73.5 | 70.4 | 76.7 |
| 43 | New Mexico | 73.0 | 69.4 | 77.0 |
| 44 | Oklahoma | 72.7 | 70.0 | 75.6 |
| 45 | Arkansas | 72.5 | 69.7 | 75.6 |
| 46 | Tennessee | 72.4 | 69.4 | 75.5 |
| 47 | Kentucky | 72.3 | 69.6 | 75.3 |
| 48 | Louisiana | 72.2 | 68.8 | 75.9 |
| 49 | Alabama | 72.0 | 68.9 | 75.3 |
| 50 | West Virginia | 71.0 | 68.1 | 74.2 |
| 51 | Mississippi | 70.9 | 67.7 | 74.3 |
Ranked by the figure for everyone. States with the same figure share a rank, so 51st is last.
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CDC, National Center for Health Statistics, U.S. State Life Tables, 2021 (National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 73, No. 7). 2021 was a pandemic year, so these figures run lower than in the years just before and after it. How the quiz uses these.