TABLE 2—

Life Expectancy Growth by State and Period: Selected US States, 2005–2010

			Estimated Annual Ratec
Gender and State	Perioda	Rate of Change,b %	2005, %	2006, %	2007, %	2008, %	2009, %	2010, %
Women
California	2005–2010	0.33	0.22	0.31	0.29	0.28	0.21	0.53
Delaware	2002–2007	0.32	−0.05	0.39	0.51	−0.04	0.06	0.37
District of Columbia	2005–2010	0.54	−0.16	0.08	0.36	0.66	0.69	0.91
Louisiana	2005–2010	0.32	−0.08	0.53	0.36	0.17	0.05	0.51
Maryland	2003–2008	0.32	0.25	0.24	0.35	0.30	0.19	0.40
Nevada	2003–2008	0.33	0.09	0.27	0.54	0.29	0.00	0.44
New Jersey	2002–2007	0.34	0.31	0.40	0.32	0.22	0.16	0.45
New York	2002–2007	0.32	0.32	0.31	0.27	0.21	0.17	0.43
Men
California	2005–2010	0.45	0.14	0.34	0.42	0.41	0.44	0.63
Delaware	2003–2008	0.32	0.19	0.30	0.40	0.36	0.21	0.21
District of Columbia	2005–2010	1.03	0.57	0.46	1.00	0.94	0.79	1.95
Louisiana	2005–2010	0.43	0.10	0.53	0.31	0.54	0.08	0.69
Maryland	2003–2008	0.39	0.35	0.36	0.43	0.36	0.40	0.67
Nevada	2005–2010	0.44	0.08	0.18	0.54	0.60	0.35	0.52
New Jersey	2003–2008	0.43	0.28	0.39	0.51	0.36	0.26	0.34
New York	2002–2007	0.45	0.28	0.41	0.44	0.21	0.18	0.46

Source. United Nations Population Division⁴; Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.¹⁶

^aThe most recent 5-year period during which LE growth exceeds an average of 0.32% a year.

^bThe average annual rate of change in LE during the specified period under the assumption of exponential growth.

^cThe annual rates of change in life expectancy (LE) for the years 2005–2010.