Mississippi Life Expectancy

West Virginia, which had an average life expectancy of 74.4 years, ranked the lowest for both men and women.

Life expectancy tables are calculated based on death probabilities according to Farr's death rate method: qx = Mx / (Bx + (Mx/2)) where Mx = the number of deaths at the age of x to under x+1 years in the reported period; Bx = average population aged x to under x+1 in the base period; qx = death probability from age x

As a result, life expectancy at birth for the U.S. population increased 0.1 year from 2018 to 78.8 years in 2019.

Life expectancy at birth in Mississippi is the lowest of all states and has historically been low. As is generally the case in states with low life expectancy, Mississippi struggles with poverty, and residents report relatively unhealthy behaviors. At 19.8 percent, no state has a higher poverty rate.

In the first half of 2020, life expectancy at birth for the total U.S. population was 77.8 years, declining by 1.0 year from 78.8 in 2019 (6). Life expectancy at birth for males was 75.1 years in the first half of 2020, representing a decline of 1.2 years from 76.3 years in 2019.

Data in the 2010 columns comes from the US Health Map. Overall, life expectancy at birth in Hawaii, California, and New York (state) are among the longest in the nation, while life expectancy at birth in Mississippi, American Samoa, and West Virginia are among the shortest in the nation.

The statistic shows the life expectancy of women at birth in the United States from 2008 to 2018. In 2018, the average life expectancy of women at birth in the United States was 81.1 years.

Life expectancy at birth for the total U.S. population was 77.8 years a decline of 1 year from 78.8 in 2019. For males, the life expectancy at birth was 75.1 a decline of 1.2 years from 2019. For females, life expectancy declined to 80.5 years, a 0.9 year decrease from 2019.