A new study suggests human life expectancy is plateauing.
In 2022, life expectancy in the US was 77.5 years, but values vary across states.
Hawaii has the longest life expectancy, while Mississippi has the shortest.
On Monday, Nature Aging published an analysis suggesting human life expectancy is plateauing after decades of progress.
AdvertisementUsing the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics 2021 report — the most recent CDC state data available — here are the five states with the longest life expectancies and the five states with the shortest.
Persons:
—, Jay Olshansky, Hilary Brueck, We've, expectancies
Organizations:
Service, Aging, University of Illinois, CDC's National Center for Health Statistics, National Center for Health
Locations:
Hawaii, Mississippi, Chicago