Description: Life expectancy represents the average number of years a baby born in a given state today can expect to live. States with the best statistics (longest life expectancies) rank first.
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State of Health is an initiative conducted by the Center on Society and Health at Virginia Commonwealth University, and funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Our aim is to provide a more complete picture of health, and the conditions that shape health, at the state level. Armed with this knowledge, our hope is that this information can help policymakers and other change agents better understand the health of the states and conditions that could be prioritized to improve health and wellbeing. The Cen
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