How Long Will You Live? Research Shows Sizable Inequality In Michigan And Metro Detroit
Average life expectancy at birth varies in Michigan by nearly eight years. That’s one of many results from a recent study by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle published in the JAMA Internal Medicine, where the authors calculated life expectancy by county from 1980 to 2014. It showed disparities in life expectancy are growing across the nation. “Looking at life expectancy on a national level masks the massive differences that exist at the loc...