N.Y.C. Extends Average Life Expectancy By 3 Years
 

Over the past (8?) years, New York City has extended the average life expectancy by 3 years. But the dumb news report didn't state what the life expectancy is or was. Does anyone know?

If you are from N.Y.C., are you proud of that accomplishment or disappointed?

For those who used to say, "life is too short", they might have to say something else now. Like, Goldilocks, they will now say: "Life is just right!"

;)

And how did they do it? Are people living longer due to improvements in health care etc. or are fewer being killed due to crime or accidents at a young age?

From what I have been reading and hearing on the news the reduction is largely due to health officials taking away unhealthy choices by banning trans fats, smoking bans, and heavy taxation on cigarettes. Next year they may ban the size of sugary soda drinks one can purchase, for example no more Big Gulps.

Want to Live Longer? Move to NYC

I just moved from the tri-state area. I don't plan on moving back to the snow, and bitterly cold conditions. YUCK!!!!

I don't see the relevance, in that you have to be happy where you live. There are so many factors in one's longevity. Improved health care, genetics, exercising, eating properly, in addition to taking care of oneself, is a lot more important than where you live. IMHO

I am very happy in TV, and it is what it is, in terms of my croaking. Rivet, rivet. :D

Fewer being killed due to crime may be a factor. I think I heard a separate report that there were fewer killed. However, I have no way of knowing how much that may have helped to extend the average life expectancy.

Perhaps it was not one thing alone but a combination of many things working together.

It's not easy being green. If you are green, rivet, rivet, TV has lots of open grassy areas, ponds, and a warmer climate. ;)

Thanks for the link. Lots of good information. I don't have time to read it all now but I will read it later.

Kermit on Bein Green.

The Muppet Show: Kermit - "Bein' Green" - YouTube

From the year 2000 till 2010 is certainly not enough time for a study with certifiable results for the causes noted below in bold taken from the study in the link above.

However, gains made after 2000 reflect true improvements in individual health. Mirroring the national average, some 87 percent of deaths in the Big Apple result from noncommunicable diseases — preventable ailments such as heart disease and lung cancer — but the number of yearly deaths from those causes is steadily falling. The IHME researchers determined that more than 60 percent of the increase in New Yorkers' life expectancy since 2000 can be attributed to reductions in heart disease, cancer, diabetes and stroke.


This study below attributes the increase to the large influx of immigrants.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/19/ny...inds.html?_r=0

From the link above:

A stunning increase in the life expectancy of New Yorkers over the past 20 years, compared with the rest of the country, has been driven by sharp declines in deaths from AIDS, homicide, smoking-related illnesses and, in a surprising twist, an increase in the numbers of immigrants, a new study has found.

In 2010, the most recent year for which there is complete data, life expectancy in New York City for women was 83 and for men it was 78.

NYC has some of the better doctors and facilities to treat serious conditions.
IMHO.

People need to take better care of themselves, and be an advocate for one's own health.

Immigration appears to have been the main contributor to the increase in NYC..

This link gives life expectancy by gender for each state, and also deaths by cause for each race and state.

www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/usa/life-expectancy

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No matter where you live,

It's not the quantity it's the quality !