Washington State Counties
 Cities

State Highlights

            
Help
Washington: Life expectancy

Life expectancy is the estimated number of years of life remaining at a given age.  This indicator measures infant life expectancy, and therefore starts the calculation at birth.

 

In Washington . . .

  • the infant life expectancy was 80.4 in 2013, compared to 77.6 in the U.S..
 

To get the most out of this indicator . . .

 

Ask questions:

 

·         How does your county compare to neighbors for both infant life expectancy and mortality rate?

 

Dig deeper:

 

·         Look at the county rankings for your state to see how your county compares to others. 
 
·         The County Health Rankings website provides a set of county health indicators for every county in the nation.
      ·        Take a Big Picture view of your county.
 

·         If you have specific questions, send us an e-mail.



NOTE: This indicator measures infant life expectancy starting the calculation at birth.

Source: 2005-2013: Washington State Department of Health, (http://www.doh.wa.gov/DataandStatisticalReports/VitalStatisticsData/DeathData/DeathTablesbyTopic.aspx); DATE LAST UPDATED: April 1, 2015.




Designed and hosted by First Step Internet - www.fsr.com