US State Life Expectancy Gains

Every US state and region gained cohort life expectancy between the 1941 and 2000 birth cohorts for both sexes. National cohort life expectancy increased by 10.57 years for females and 11.57 years for males. Regional gains ranged from a fe…

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Every US state and region gained cohort life expectancy between the 1941 and 2000 birth cohorts for both sexes. National cohort life expectancy increased by 10.57 years for females and 11.57 years for males. Regional gains ranged from a female gain of 9.69 years in the Midwest to a male gain of 12.18 years in the South. State-level gains were spatially clustered rather than randomly distributed.