Table 5. Life Expectancy and Healthy Life Expectancy at Birth for the United States, the 50 States, and Washington, DC, 1990 and 2016, Females.
| Location | Life Expectancy at Birth, y | Healthy Life Expectancy at Birth, y | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 2016 | 1990 | 2016 | |||||
| Estimate (95% UI) | Rank | Estimate (95% UI) | Rank | Estimate (95% UI) | Rank | Estimate (95% UI) | Rank | |
| United States | 78.9 (78.8-79.0) | 81.2 (81.0-81.5) | 67.5 (64.2-70.4) | 69.0 (65.5-72.1) | ||||
| Alabama | 77.6 (77.0-78.3) | 46 | 78.1 (76.6-79.7) | 49 | 66.2 (63.0-69.1) | 46 | 66.2 (62.7-69.5) | 48 |
| Alaska | 78.8 (78.0-79.5) | 28 | 80.5 (78.9-82.1) | 36 | 67.4 (64.2-70.3) | 31 | 68.5 (65.0-72.0) | 34 |
| Arizona | 79.7 (79.1-80.2) | 19 | 81.9 (80.7-83.0) | 15 | 67.7 (64.4-70.8) | 25 | 69.0 (65.2-72.4) | 25 |
| Arkansas | 78.2 (77.6-78.8) | 39 | 78.5 (77.3-79.8) | 45 | 66.9 (63.8-69.8) | 34 | 67.1 (63.7-70.1) | 44 |
| California | 79.2 (78.7-79.9) | 25 | 83.1 (81.8-84.3) | 2 | 68.2 (65.1-71.0) | 16 | 71.1 (67.7-74.3) | 3 |
| Colorado | 80.0 (79.6-80.5) | 11 | 82.3 (81.3-83.2) | 9 | 68.4 (65.1-71.5) | 11 | 69.9 (66.3-73.1) | 13 |
| Connecticut | 80.1 (79.5-80.7) | 9 | 83.1 (81.7-84.4) | 3 | 68.4 (65.2-71.4) | 12 | 70.4 (66.8-73.9) | 4 |
| Delaware | 77.9 (77.4-78.4) | 45 | 81.0 (80.0-82.0) | 29 | 66.4 (63.2-69.4) | 44 | 68.6 (65.2-71.8) | 32 |
| Florida | 79.7 (79.2-80.2) | 16 | 82.2 (81.1-83.4) | 11 | 67.9 (64.6-71.0) | 22 | 69.4 (65.8-72.8) | 21 |
| Georgia | 77.5 (77.0-78.2) | 47 | 79.8 (78.2-81.4) | 41 | 66.4 (63.2-69.3) | 45 | 68.1 (64.6-71.1) | 38 |
| Hawaii | 81.8 (81.3-82.3) | 1 | 84.1 (83.2-85.0) | 1 | 70.2 (67.0-73.1) | 1 | 71.9 (68.3-75.1) | 1 |
| Idaho | 80.1 (79.5-80.8) | 8 | 81.2 (79.8-82.5) | 26 | 68.3 (65.0-71.4) | 13 | 68.8 (65.2-72.1) | 28 |
| Illinois | 78.4 (77.9-78.8) | 36 | 81.5 (80.6-82.3) | 23 | 67.5 (64.4-70.3) | 28 | 69.8 (66.4-72.7) | 16 |
| Indiana | 78.7 (78.1-79.3) | 31 | 79.6 (77.9-81.2) | 42 | 67.1 (63.8-70.1) | 33 | 67.3 (63.8-70.6) | 43 |
| Iowa | 80.6 (80.1-81.1) | 6 | 81.9 (80.8-83.1) | 16 | 69.5 (66.4-72.4) | 5 | 70.2 (66.8-73.4) | 9 |
| Kansas | 80.1 (79.5-80.7) | 10 | 80.9 (79.1-82.5) | 30 | 68.7 (65.5-71.7) | 7 | 69.1 (65.7-72.4) | 23 |
| Kentucky | 78.1 (77.5-78.6) | 42 | 78.4 (77.3-79.4) | 46 | 66.1 (62.8-69.1) | 48 | 65.8 (62.2-69.1) | 50 |
| Louisiana | 77.1 (76.6-77.7) | 50 | 78.4 (77.4-79.4) | 47 | 65.7 (62.5-68.7) | 50 | 66.6 (63.2-69.8) | 47 |
| Maine | 79.5 (79.0-80.0) | 22 | 81.5 (80.7-82.4) | 22 | 68.2 (65.0-71.1) | 15 | 69.6 (66.3-72.8) | 18 |
| Maryland | 78.1 (77.7-78.6) | 40 | 81.5 (80.6-82.4) | 21 | 66.7 (63.5-69.7) | 38 | 69.2 (65.8-72.4) | 22 |
| Massachusetts | 79.8 (79.2-80.2) | 15 | 82.7 (81.8-83.6) | 6 | 68.0 (64.8-71.0) | 19 | 70.3 (66.8-73.7) | 5 |
| Michigan | 78.4 (78.0-78.8) | 34 | 80.4 (79.5-81.4) | 37 | 66.9 (63.7-69.9) | 35 | 68.3 (64.9-71.4) | 36 |
| Minnesota | 80.9 (80.5-81.4) | 3 | 82.9 (81.8-83.9) | 4 | 69.9 (66.7-72.7) | 2 | 71.4 (68.3-74.5) | 2 |
| Mississippi | 77.2 (76.6-77.8) | 49 | 77.7 (76.1-79.6) | 51 | 66.5 (63.5-69.2) | 43 | 66.8 (63.7-70.0) | 46 |
| Missouri | 79.0 (78.5-79.4) | 27 | 79.9 (79.0-80.9) | 39 | 67.6 (64.3-70.5) | 26 | 67.9 (64.5-71.0) | 40 |
| Montana | 79.7 (79.0-80.4) | 17 | 81.0 (79.4-82.5) | 28 | 68.1 (64.9-71.1) | 18 | 68.8 (65.2-72.2) | 29 |
| Nebraska | 80.1 (79.6-80.6) | 7 | 81.8 (80.8-82.7) | 17 | 68.9 (65.7-71.9) | 6 | 70.0 (66.6-73.0) | 11 |
| Nevada | 78.0 (77.5-78.5) | 43 | 80.5 (79.5-81.7) | 35 | 66.6 (63.4-69.5) | 41 | 68.2 (64.7-71.4) | 37 |
| New Hampshire | 79.7 (79.2-80.1) | 18 | 82.2 (81.4-83.0) | 13 | 68.0 (64.7-71.0) | 20 | 69.9 (66.2-73.0) | 12 |
| New Jersey | 78.5 (78.1-79.0) | 32 | 82.4 (81.4-83.5) | 8 | 67.4 (64.2-70.3) | 30 | 70.2 (66.8-73.4) | 8 |
| New Mexico | 79.4 (78.8-80.1) | 24 | 80.7 (79.1-82.3) | 33 | 67.5 (64.2-70.6) | 27 | 67.9 (64.3-71.5) | 39 |
| New York | 78.3 (77.8-78.9) | 38 | 82.7 (81.3-84.2) | 5 | 66.7 (63.4-69.8) | 39 | 69.7 (65.9-73.3) | 17 |
| North Carolina | 78.4 (77.9-78.8) | 35 | 80.3 (79.5-81.2) | 38 | 67.4 (64.3-70.2) | 29 | 68.8 (65.4-71.7) | 30 |
| North Dakota | 81.3 (80.6-82.0) | 2 | 82.6 (81.3-83.9) | 7 | 69.8 (66.5-72.7) | 3 | 70.3 (66.8-73.6) | 7 |
| Ohio | 78.5 (78.1-79.0) | 33 | 79.9 (79.1-80.7) | 40 | 66.8 (63.5-69.9) | 37 | 67.4 (63.9-70.5) | 41 |
| Oklahoma | 78.3 (77.9-78.8) | 37 | 78.2 (77.2-79.2) | 48 | 66.6 (63.3-69.6) | 42 | 65.8 (62.3-68.9) | 49 |
| Oregon | 79.4 (79.0-79.9) | 23 | 81.7 (80.8-82.6) | 19 | 68.0 (64.8-70.9) | 21 | 69.5 (66.3-72.7) | 19 |
| Pennsylvania | 78.7 (78.3-79.1) | 29 | 81.0 (80.2-81.9) | 27 | 66.9 (63.6-70.0) | 36 | 68.4 (64.7-71.6) | 35 |
| Rhode Island | 79.7 (79.1-80.3) | 20 | 82.0 (80.7-83.3) | 14 | 67.8 (64.5-70.8) | 23 | 69.4 (65.8-72.9) | 20 |
| South Carolina | 77.4 (76.8-78.1) | 48 | 79.4 (77.7-80.9) | 43 | 66.1 (62.9-69.0) | 49 | 67.3 (63.7-70.6) | 42 |
| South Dakota | 80.6 (80.0-81.2) | 5 | 81.6 (80.1-83.0) | 20 | 69.5 (66.3-72.4) | 4 | 69.8 (66.4-72.9) | 15 |
| Tennessee | 78.1 (77.7-78.6) | 41 | 78.8 (77.8-79.7) | 44 | 66.7 (63.6-69.6) | 40 | 66.9 (63.4-70.1) | 45 |
| Texas | 79.0 (78.5-79.5) | 26 | 80.9 (79.8-81.9) | 31 | 67.7 (64.5-70.6) | 24 | 68.6 (65.2-71.9) | 31 |
| Utah | 80.8 (80.3-81.2) | 4 | 81.4 (80.5-82.2) | 24 | 68.7 (65.2-71.7) | 8 | 68.8 (65.3-71.9) | 27 |
| Vermont | 79.8 (79.3-80.3) | 13 | 82.2 (81.2-83.3) | 12 | 68.5 (65.3-71.4) | 10 | 70.3 (67.0-73.5) | 6 |
| Virginia | 78.7 (78.3-79.2) | 30 | 81.3 (80.4-82.1) | 25 | 67.2 (64.0-70.2) | 32 | 69.0 (65.6-72.1) | 26 |
| Washington | 79.8 (79.3-80.3) | 14 | 82.3 (81.4-83.2) | 10 | 68.3 (65.0-71.2) | 14 | 70.0 (66.4-73.2) | 10 |
| West Virginia | 78.0 (77.5-78.5) | 44 | 77.9 (76.8-78.9) | 50 | 66.2 (62.9-69.1) | 47 | 65.5 (61.9-68.5) | 51 |
| Wisconsin | 80.0 (79.6-80.5) | 12 | 81.7 (80.8-82.5) | 18 | 68.6 (65.4-71.5) | 9 | 69.8 (66.3-73.0) | 14 |
| Wyoming | 79.6 (78.8-80.3) | 21 | 80.8 (79.3-82.2) | 32 | 68.1 (64.8-71.1) | 17 | 68.6 (64.9-71.9) | 33 |
| Washington, DC | 74.6 (73.9-75.3) | 51 | 80.6 (79.1-82.2) | 34 | 63.9 (60.8-66.6) | 51 | 69.1 (65.6-72.6) | 24 |
Abbreviation: UI, uncertainty interval.