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Life expectancy in the US ranges from around 75 to 81, and the trends are definitely noticeable!

The southern region of the US has lower life expectancy, averaging around 76 years old.

The states with higher life expectancies are Florida, California, Washington, Oregon, New York, and Hawaii. Hawaii's is the highest at 81 years old!

These discrepancies are often due to health culture norms such as diet, exercise, and daily activities.

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U.S. Life Expectancy by State and Sex, 2018–2022

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Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment lingers mistrust today.

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Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment lingers mistrust today.

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The National Research Act of 1974 was put into place within the United States after information was revealed to the public eye of the Tuskegee Syphilis experiment's horrific abuse and treatment of African Americans.

While the Tuskegee Syphilis experiment was disclosed in 1972, studies show that 45 year old African American men showed a 1.4 year decline in life expectancy directly after the study was disclosed. In 1980, studies showed a 35% gap in life expectancy between white men and black men.

Causing the theorization that African American men began mistrusting health care professionals in response to the information about the study being released and fearing they will be harmed rather than treated.

Amari Liptrot, Jack Slingluff, and Nathalie van Leeuwaarde

https://www.nber.org/digest/aug16/tuskegee-trust-doctors-and-health-black-men?page=1&perPage=50

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Disparity in gender medical research representation

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Disparity in gender medical research representation

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Women weren't included in clinical trials until 1993

As of 2019 only 40% of participants in clinical trials are women despite being 51% of the population

women were 29% more likely than men to have implant failure when it came to hip replacement surgeries

Magen Carlson

Anna Speigner

Katie Wright

Callie Martin

Hailey Zoeller

Sabina Mukhamedova

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Black and Hispanic adults get type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure much more often than white adults

Black: 12.2%

Hispanic: 11.8%

https://diabetes.org/about-diabetes/statistics/about-diabetes

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Overall numbers

Prevalence: In 2019, 37.3 million Americans, or 11.3% of the population, had diabetes.
Nearly 1.9 million Americans have type 1 diabetes, including about 244,000 children and adolescents

Diagnosed and undiagnosed: Of the 37.3 million adults with diabetes, 28.7 million were diagnosed, and 8.5 million were undiagnosed.

Prevalence in seniors: The percentage of Americans age 65 and older remains high, at 29.2%, or 15.9 million seniors (diagnosed and undiagnosed).

New cases: 1.4 million Americans are diagnosed with diabetes every year.

Prediabetes: In 2019, 96 million Americans age 18 and older had prediabetes.

Diabetes in youth

About 283,000 Americans under age 20 are estimated to have diagnosed diabetes, approximately 0.35% of that population.

In 2014-2015, the annual incidence of diagnosed diabetes in youth was estimated at 18,200 with type 1 diabetes, 5,800 with type 2 diabetes.

Diabetes by race/ethnicity
The rates of diagnosed diabetes in adults by race/ethnic background are:

14.5% of American Indians/Alaskan Natives

12.1% of non-Hispanic blacks

11.8% of Hispanics

9.5% of Asian Americans

7.4% of non-Hispanic whites

The breakdown among Asian Americans:

5.6% of Chinese

10.4% of Filipinos

12.6% of Asian Indians

9.9% of other Asian Americans

The breakdown among Hispanic adults:

8.3% of Central and South Americans

6.5% of Cubans

14.4% of Mexican Americans

12.4% of Puerto Ricans

Deaths

Diabetes was the seventh leading cause of death in the United States in 2019 based on the 87,647 death certificates in which diabetes was listed as the underlying cause of death. In 2019, diabetes was mentioned as a cause of death in a total of 282,801 certificates.

Cost of diabetes
Updated November 2, 2023
$412.9 billion: Total cost of diagnosed diabetes in the United States in 2022

$306.6 billion was for direct medical costs

$106.3 billion was in indirect costs

After adjusting for population age and sex differences, average medical expenditures among people with diagnosed diabetes were 2.6 times higher than what expenditures would be in the absence of diabetes.

Read more about the results of our study " Economic Costs of Diabetes in the U.S. in 202 2."

For additional information

For additional information, read the CDC National Diabetes Statistics Report (2022).

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Learn overall diabetes numbers, in youth, by race/ethnicity, deaths, cost of diabetes and additional information.

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Alabama is 5th worst in overall healthcare among US states. Much of AL is rural leaving patients to travel long distances to receive proper healthcare. 84% of rural hospitals in AL operate at the risk of closing based on finances.

https://www.alaha.org/news/yellowhammer-state-sen-april-weaver-alabamas-rural-hospital-crisis-is-a-threat-to-health-and-our-economy/

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Black women experience higher rates of late-stage diagnoses and lower survival rates for certain cancers, such as breast and cervical cancer, compared to white women. They are also twice as likely to die compared to other women from endometrial cancer.

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Cancer Facts & Figures for African American/Black People

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The American Cancer Society’s Cancer Facts & Figures for African American/Black People publication includes latest statistics & cancer research facts. Download the PDF now.

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in 2019, one-third of Alabama's population were classified as obese, which is 36.1 percent. In 2024, the rate has gone up to 38.9 percent.

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Nutrition and Physical Activity | Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH)

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access to healthier foods are a lot more expensive, likely leading to people having worse diets   

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-Average life expectancy from birth in the US is 79 years

-The US average is approx. 3.7 years less then other countries

-81.4 years old for females and 76.5 for males

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American Indian or Alaska Natives have the highest diabetes death rates

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the worst disparities are in the south

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Infant mortality rates by state, 2021

View the Infant Mortality Rates by State Map from the National Center for Health Statistics.

Healthy People provides science-based, 10-year national objectives for improving the health of all Americans. One of the Healthy People objectives is to reduce the rate of all infant deaths. In 2021, 19 states met the Healthy People 2030 target of 5.0 infant deaths or less per 1,000 live births. Geographically, infant mortality rates in 2021 were highest among states in the South, Alaska, and in the Midwest.

Infant mortality rates by race and ethnicity, 2021

In 2021, infant mortality rates by race and ethnicity were as follows:

Non-Hispanic Black: 10.6

Non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander: 7.8

Non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaska Native: 7.5

Hispanic: 4.8

Non-Hispanic white: 4.4

Non-Hispanic Asian: 3.7

All records that indicted Hispanic ethnicity are classified as Hispanic regardless of race. For brevity, text references omit the term "single-race."
CDC activities

CDC is committed to improving infant outcomes. Public health agencies work with health care providers, communities, and other partners to reduce infant mortality. This joint approach can help address social, behavioral, and health risk factors that contribute to infant mortality.

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Infant mortality in the U.S., including causes and differences in rates among population groups.