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Life Expectancy

Definition: Life expectancy is the average number of years a person is expected to live, based on statistical factors such as age, gender, and current mortality rates.

Metric Data

Data about death in EIPH is reported by County Health Rankings. Life expectancy is the average of number of year people are expected to live and is age-adjusted to fairly compare counties with differing age structure.

This data is collected by the National Center for Health Statistics.