Callum Jones
A new study has provided chilling data detailing when Americans are likely to die based on where they live in the country.
Of course, health services have only seen advances in recent years to the point where life expectancy is increasing as a result.
In 2022, the average American male could be expected to live to the age of 74, while women were a lot higher at 80 years of age.
Such a difference suggests that gender plays a considerable role in longevity, which has been backed up by studies over the years. And while some nations are seeing life expectancy increases, there are some states in the US to have gone through a decrease over recent years.
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A study looking into the matter was published in JAMA Network Open on Monday (April 28), which looked into mortality data from the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics.
Ultimately they found 179 million deaths in all 50 states and Washington D.C had been recorded.
One particularly interesting result saw the life expectancy for women in the states of Mississippi, West Virginia, Alabama, Kentucky, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Kansas all decrease by one year since 1995 - but there weren't any drops for men in the same period up until 2020.
Life expectancy in Mississippi for women dropped from 76 to 75, while the states of West Virginia, Arkansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma and Alabama decreased a similar amount from 77 to 76.
The study did not look at the reasons behind these unexpected drops, though the Mail Online reports Mississippi - for example - is the poorest state in the US, which could be a contributing factor.
With the advancements in technology and subsequently health care in the past 25 years, it's hardly a surprise to see life expectancy has increased across the board.
For example, the average woman in Hawaii would die at the age of 74 in 1995, but that increased to 77 in 2020.
Such an increase is evident across the states of California, Minnesota, Colorado and Utah, just to name a few, as well.
To put it simply, average life expectancy across the US has increased in the younger generation by ten percent in comparison to the older generation born in the 1960s.
One limitation with the study is that it hasn't included data on how the Covid pandemic may have impacted things.
However, increases in obesity and diabetes cases has seen states across the south of the country populated with less younger adults.