CDC Map Shows 7.9-Year Male Life Expectancy Gap Across States
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Updated · AOL · Aug 15
CDC Map Shows 7.9-Year Male Life Expectancy Gap Across States
3 articles · Updated · AOL · Aug 15
Summary
Massachusetts men are expected to live 77.4 years versus 69.5 years in Mississippi, a 7.9-year state gap in CDC life-expectancy estimates.
The 2022 state data show the shortest male life expectancy clustered largely in the South, with West Virginia essentially tied with Mississippi and Louisiana, Alabama and Tennessee also near the bottom.
Nationally, men already trail women in longevity: CDC data for 2024 put male life expectancy at 76.5 years, compared with 81.4 years for women.
The CDC says the state map reflects population-level patterns rather than individual predictions, with differences shaped by health care access, socioeconomic conditions, smoking, chronic disease and other lifestyle risks.