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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2020 Oct 23;268:113443. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113443

Table 3:

Life expectancy (in years) by metropolitan status, poverty level, and race, U.S., 2005–2009

Urban (Both Genders) Rural (Both Genders)
Race/ Ethnicity
All whites 79.2 77.2
All blacks 74.2 72.8
All American Indians/Alaska Natives 85.8 74.8
All Asians and Pacific Islanders 86.9 84.9
All Hispanics 83.1 82.2
Race/Ethnicity and Poverty
High income whites 79.9 78.8
High income blacks 76.1 76.7
High income American Indians/ Alaska Natives 85.7 77.3
High income Asians and Pacific Islanders 87.2
High income Hispanics 86.2
Low income whites 78.8 75.4
Low income blacks 74.0 71.6
Low income American Indians/ Alaska Natives 72.6
Low income Asians and Pacific Islanders 86.7
Low income Hispanics 81.0 79.8

Note. Life expectancy by metropolitan status, poverty level, and race in the U.S. (Singh & Siahpush, 2014b)