Life expectancy by ethnicity in USA

    by Redditor_imfo

    32 Comments

    1. leonprimrose on

      I feel like the color scale should be weighted the same for each because the way it’s set up looks like white americans live shorter lives than black americans but the numbers show that’s not the case

    2. Hispanics live longer than white people although they are on average much poorer? That is very interesting.

    3. No-Grapefruit-5464 on

      Leave the U.S. if you’re black. Is that the message? There needs to be an intelligence over time in relation to this chart.

    4. swindlemachine on

      Hispanics stay winning

      jk look at all the ice stuff going on…

      at least we got this..!

    5. Not keeping the age range the same makes this data visualization really confusing or misleading

    6. Like most of these sorts of questions it’s seems to follow average incomes broke out by state mostly 

    7. vanilla_w_ahintofcum on

      Why not a bar chart showing all three ethnicities by state? Flipping back and forth between the maps sucks.

    8. Why not use RGB values for colors for each race and display everything on a single map?

    9. Itsnotsponge on

      I love how every map of the US lines up with the electoral college exactly how youd expect

    10. onthenerdyside on

      DC’s white population figures are skewed by the Senate and the White House

    11. breakthro444 on

      I see that OP knew everyone would be shook AF if they saw our Asian forever-genes.

      But also, shout-out to my fellow Massholes for taking care of our people.

    12. Massive_Basket_172 on

      The first slide explains why old white people refuse to stop running for office – DC at 87.5?!?

    13. exileonmainst on

      You’ve got the tool used to create it and your reddit name but not where the data comes from…

    14. Gullible_Agent8403 on

      Are these numbers including or excluding infant mortality? Curious to see the change if that is taken out or included.

    15. How much of this is due to Hispanics moving to another country near the end of old age? I have a lot of friends whose family did some version of that.

    16. 70-something is still surprisingly high, considering all the health issues among so many Americans, and the lack of proper healthcare for the uninsured, the underinsured, the homeless, and the undocumented.

    17. Yo_Mr_White_ on

      As a hispanic man well versed with white american culture, my **guesses** as to why we live longer are:

      * Most hispanics are mixed race people (native american mixed with southern european and some african)
      * You’ve ever heard that pure bred dogs live shorter?
      * Hispanics dont get stressed as much as we take life less seriously. Stress is rampant in white people over the most insignificant things.
      * More likely to eat home cooked meals than to eat out. More traditional gender roles lead to more home-cooked meals from the wife. You dont have to agree with it being right or not. That’s not the point.

      **Hispancs really punch above their weight class** despite having a similar economic situation to black people and having way less access to health care than whites or blacks due to lack of immigration documentation being common issue in our community.

    18. sammorganIII on

      Not that helpful of a chart without socio economic stats or more specific geo graphics. Zipcode says more than state

    19. LlamasunLlimited on

      Non-American here (NZer) but have spent a reasonable amount of time in the western half of the USA over the years. Assuming these maps are accurate, there’s some interesting situations shown.

      a) Why is Nevada significantly lower than the surrounding states? (almost the same as some Deep South states)

      b) Black American LE seems to be “pretty good” in the upper midwest region (plus the far NE of the USA). What’s behind that? (given the traditional perspective of economic/political discrimination against blacks in particular)

      It would be interesting to see a 4th map showing Native American LE rates by state.

      It would also be interesting to see line graphs of changes in LE across these groups over the past 50 years.

      TIA for any insights.

    20. I understand why the color gradient changes for each group, but it would show more stark contrast in life expectancy immediately between the three maps if they were all using the same color gradient

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