Losing ground: life expectancy trends in New York State
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Contributor(s):
- New York State Health Foundation, issuing body.
- Publication:
- New York, NY : New York State Health Foundation, September 2018
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Life Expectancy -- trends New York United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Life expectancy in New York State had been growing steadily for decades; from 1990 to 2010, it increased from 74.7 years to 80.4 years. After years of being below average, life expectancy in New York has been higher than national levels since 1996; by 2010, New Yorkers could expect to live 1.6 years longer than the average American. In a troubling reversal, the gains in life expectancy have begun stagnating in recent years, with New York State actually losing ground on life expectancy between 2014 and 2016. While New York still outpaces the nation (life expectancy peaked for the U.S. in 2013, at 78.9 years, and in New York State in 2014, at 80.7 years), the downward trend is cause for concern. Exhibit A, below, shows the dramatic shift in death rates in New York State since 2010, which coincides with the stagnated trend in life expectancy. To shed light on the drivers of the recent decline in life expectancy, this report explores trends in the rates of death and years of life lost in New York State by various causes. Data used for this analysis was retrieved from the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study. As Exhibit B illustrates, New Yorkers saw a decrease among most major causes of death in the years 1990–2010 and an increase in most causes for the years 2010–2016. Cardiovascular disease (particularly ischemic heart disease), certain cancers, and some neurological diseases saw particularly stark turnarounds for the worse between the two time periods.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (22 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101770923 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101770923