
These are the best — and worst — states for life expectancy, according to a new report
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The top-ranked state for life expectancy in 2019 was Hawaii, at 80.9 years, according to a federal report released Thursday. Mississippi came in last, with life expectancy at 74.4 years.
After Hawaii, California, New York, Minnesota and Massachusetts rounded out the top five states for the highest life expectancies at birth overall for males and females in 2019. Southern states — Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama and West Virginia — filled the bottom five.
The report by the National Center for Health Statistics, which falls under the CDC, ranked all 50 states and the District of Columbia using state-specific death and population figures from 2019. It said life expectancy at birth for the entire United States that year was 78.8 — a 0.1-year increase from the year prior.

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