Life Expectancy
The average number of years a person born in a given area is expected to live. Differences of 10–20 years between neighboring zip codes often track with environmental and economic conditions.
Related terms
Public Health The science and practice of protecting and improving the health of whole communities through education, policy, disease surveillance, and environmental regulation. Health Burden The total impact of a disease or environmental factor on a population, measured in illness, disability, healthcare costs, and lost life expectancy. CDC PLACES A CDC dataset providing local-level estimates of chronic disease, health risk behaviors, and prevention measures down to the census-tract level.