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. 2021 Apr;111(4):708–717. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2020.306064

TABLE 1—

Total Life Expectancy (TLE), Disability-Free Life Expectancy (DFLE), and Disabled Life Expectancy (DLE) by State and Gender for Ages 25–89 Years: United States, 2013–2017

State Men Women South (S)/ Nonsouth (NS)
TLE, Years DFLE, Years DLE, Years % of Life With Disability TLE, Years DFLE, Years DLE, Years % of Life With Disability
Alabama 48.0 44.1 3.9 8.1 52.6 47.0 5.7 10.8 S
Alaska 51.3 48.0 3.3 6.5 54.6 49.6 5.1 9.3 NS
Arizona 51.5 48.3 3.2 6.1 55.5 51.0 4.5 8.1 NS
Arkansas 48.5 44.6 4.0 8.2 52.5 46.7 5.8 11.1 S
California 52.9 49.4 3.6 6.7 56.5 51.2 5.3 9.4 NS
Colorado 52.6 49.7 3.0 5.7 55.8 51.7 4.1 7.3 NS
Connecticut 52.5 49.5 3.0 5.7 56.1 51.8 4.3 7.7 NS
Delaware 50.4 47.6 2.8 5.6 54.6 50.5 4.1 7.5 S
Florida 51.3 48.1 3.2 6.3 55.5 51.0 4.5 8.1 S
Georgia 50.2 46.7 3.4 6.9 54.0 49.0 5.0 9.3 S
Hawaii 52.7 49.4 3.2 6.1 57.1 52.5 4.7 8.2 NS
Idaho 51.9 48.5 3.4 6.5 55.0 50.5 4.5 8.2 NS
Illinois 51.4 48.0 3.3 6.5 55.1 50.5 4.7 8.4 NS
Indiana 49.5 46.1 3.5 7.0 53.4 48.6 4.8 9.0 NS
Iowa 51.6 48.8 2.8 5.5 55.1 51.2 3.9 7.1 NS
Kansas 50.9 47.8 3.1 6.1 54.5 50.0 4.5 8.2 NS
Kentucky 47.9 43.7 4.3 8.9 52.2 46.3 5.9 11.3 S
Louisiana 48.4 44.5 3.9 8.1 52.8 47.3 5.5 10.4 S
Maine 50.7 46.9 3.8 7.5 54.7 50.1 4.6 8.4 NS
Maryland 50.9 48.0 2.9 5.7 55.0 50.7 4.3 7.8 S
Massachusetts 52.0 48.8 3.2 6.2 56.0 51.2 4.8 8.5 NS
Michigan 50.5 46.8 3.7 7.2 54.2 49.2 5.0 9.2 NS
Minnesota 52.9 50.0 2.9 5.6 56.2 52.1 4.1 7.3 NS
Mississippi 47.5 43.1 4.4 9.3 52.1 46.0 6.2 11.8 S
Missouri 49.7 46.1 3.6 7.2 53.9 48.8 5.1 9.4 NS
Montana 51.2 48.1 3.2 6.1 54.6 50.3 4.3 7.8 NS
Nebraska 51.8 49.1 2.8 5.3 55.2 51.4 3.8 6.9 NS
Nevada 50.6 47.5 3.1 6.1 54.3 49.8 4.5 8.3 NS
New Hampshire 51.6 48.7 2.8 5.5 55.4 51.0 4.3 7.8 NS
New Jersey 52.0 48.9 3.0 5.8 55.7 51.4 4.4 7.8 NS
New Mexico 49.8 45.6 4.2 8.5 54.4 48.9 5.5 10.1 NS
New York 52.6 49.2 3.5 6.6 56.3 51.2 5.1 9.0 NS
North Carolina 50.3 46.6 3.7 7.3 54.1 49.0 5.1 9.3 S
North Dakota 52.0 49.3 2.8 5.3 55.3 51.5 3.8 6.9 NS
Ohio 49.2 45.8 3.4 6.8 53.4 48.5 4.9 9.1 NS
Oklahoma 48.8 45.1 3.7 7.5 52.4 47.2 5.2 10.0 S
Oregon 52.0 48.5 3.5 6.7 55.3 50.5 4.8 8.7 NS
Pennsylvania 50.3 46.9 3.4 6.8 54.5 49.6 4.8 8.9 NS
Rhode Island 51.6 48.2 3.4 6.6 55.4 50.1 5.3 9.6 NS
South Carolina 49.2 45.5 3.7 7.5 53.7 48.5 5.2 9.6 S
South Dakota 51.3 48.5 2.9 5.6 54.9 50.7 4.2 7.7 NS
Tennessee 48.5 44.7 3.9 8.0 52.7 47.1 5.6 10.6 S
Texas 51.1 47.6 3.5 6.8 54.8 49.7 5.1 9.4 S
Utah 52.5 49.6 2.9 5.5 55.3 51.2 4.2 7.5 NS
Vermont 52.0 48.6 3.3 6.4 55.1 50.7 4.4 8.0 NS
Virginia 51.6 48.4 3.1 6.1 55.0 50.6 4.5 8.1 S
Washington 52.4 49.1 3.3 6.3 55.6 50.8 4.8 8.6 NS
West Virginia 47.4 43.1 4.3 9.0 51.6 45.8 5.8 11.3 S
Wisconsin 51.7 48.8 2.9 5.7 55.4 51.2 4.1 7.5 NS
Wyoming 51.5 48.7 2.8 5.4 54.8 50.9 3.8 7.0 NS
Worst case 46.7 42.1 4.6 9.9 51.4 45.0 6.4 12.5 Synthetic
Best case 53.5 51.2 2.3 4.3 57.5 54.0 3.6 6.2 Synthetic

Note. The worst-case synthetic population consists of the highest disability and mortality rates among the 50 states for each 5-year age group; the best-case synthetic population consists of the lowest 5-year rates.