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Section 3: Report of Findings

VII. Health and Safety

Table HS-28: Life Expectancy by Country

 

Country
Female
Years of Life Expectancy
 Country
Male
Years of Life Expectancy
Japan
82.9
 Japan
76.4
France
82.6
 Sweden
76.2
Switzerland
81.9
 Israel
75.3
Sweden
81.6
 Canada
75.2
Spain
81.5
 Switzerland
75.1
Canada
81.2
 Greece
75.1
Australia
80.9
 Australia
75.0
Italy
80.8
 Norway
74.9
Norway
80.7
 Netherlands
74.6
Netherlands
80.4
 Italy
74.4
Greece
80.3
 England & Wales
74.3
Finland
80.3
 France
74.2
Austria
80.1
 Spain
74.2
Germany
79.8
 Austria
73.5
Belgium
79.8
 Singapore
73.4
England & Wales
79.6
 Germany
73.3
Israel
79.3
 New Zealand
73.3
Singapore
79.0
 Northern Ireland
73.1
United States
78.9
 Belgium
73.0
Cuba
73.0
Costa Rica
73.0
Finland
72.8
Denmark
72.8
Ireland
72.5
United States
72.5
Source: www.health.gov/healthypeople/document/html/uih/uih_2.htm
There are substantial differences in life expectancy among different population groups within the United States. For example, women outlive men by an average of 6 years. White women currently have the greatest life expectancy in the United States. The life expectancy for African American women has risen to be higher today than that for white men. People from households with an annual income of at least $25,000 live an average of 3 to 7 years longer, depending on gender and race, than do people from households with annual incomes of less than $10,000.
   

 

Cortland Counts: An Assessment of Health and Well Being in Cortland County NY
November 2002 Executive Summary and Report of Findings

The Seven Valleys Health Coalition, Inc.
in cooperation with
Cortland County Health Department
Cortland Memorial Hospital
Community Outreach Partnership Center, COPC of SUNY Cortland
United Way for Cortland County, Inc.

These five organizations make up the Cortland Community Assessment Team (CAT)

Seven Valleys Health Coalition, Inc.
10 Kennedy Parkway
Cortland, NY 13045
(607) 756-4198
jackie@sevenvalleyshealth.org