Grand 29th on list of 50 US counties with high life expectancies
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With a life expectancy approaching 83 years, Grand County landed 29th on USA Today’s list of 50 U.S. counties with high life expectancies.
In a report published Friday, Colorado’s High Country fared better than any other region with five of the top 10 counties with high life expectancies credited to the Mile High State.
In fact, the top three slots were all in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains with Summit, Pitkin and Eagle counties ranked Nos. 1, 2 and 3, respectively.
Also in Colorado, San Miguel (7th), Douglas (10th), Hinsdale (12th), Ouray (21st), Routt (30th) and Park (39th) counties made the cut. Along with Grand County, that gave Colorado 10 counties on the list, far more than any other state.
To determine the counties where people are living the longest, researchers reviewed county-level life expectancy figures, death records, and poverty and obesity rates.
They found that Grand County has a life expectancy of 82.73 years with a 16.3% adult obesity rate and a 13.1% poverty rate. From 1980 to 2014, the life expectancy rate increased 9.4% in Grand County.
The average life expectancy in the U.S. is 78.6 years, down from 78.9 years in 2014.
- Summit County, Colorado
- Pitkin County, Colorado
- Eagle County, Colorado
- Billings County, North Dakota
- Marin County, California
- Aleutians East Borough, Alaska
- San Miguel County, Colorado
- Fairfax County, Virginia
- Presidio County, Texas
- Douglas County, Colorado
- San Juan County, Washington
- Hinsdale County, Colorado
- Los Alamos County, New Mexico
- Teton County, Wyoming
- Collier County, Florida
- Loudoun County, Virginia
- Santa Clara County, California
- San Mateo County, California
- Leelanau County, Michigan
- Lincoln County, South Dakota
- Ouray County, Colorado
- Blaine County, Idaho
- Howard County, Maryland
- Mono County, California
- Sioux County, Iowa
- Wayne County, Nebraska
- Carver County, Minnesota
- Arlington County, Virginia
- Grand County, Colorado
- Routt County, Colorado
- Winneshiek County, Iowa
- Sioux County, Nebraska
- Rockland County, New York
- Bergen County, New Jersey
- Hunterdon County, New Jersey
- Sheridan County, North Dakota
- McPherson County, Nebraska
- Summit County, Utah
- Park County, Colorado
- Slope County, North Dakota
- Westchester County, New York
- Orange County, California
- Olmsted County, Minnesota
- Stevens County, Minnesota
- Nassau County, New York
- Oliver County, North Dakota
- Hayes County, Nebraska
- Bremer County, Iowa
- Storey County, Nevada
- Ozaukee County, Wisconsin
Source: USA Today
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