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Life expectancy in the United States has begun to climb again as the threat of COVID-19 has receded, increasing by more than a year from 2021 to 2022, according to data released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

U.S. life expectancy creeps up as COVID deaths fall

U.S. Life Expectancy Creeps Up as COVID Deaths Fall

The average person in Wake County lives to 81.6 years old, according to the 2023 County Health Rankings' National Findings Report.

MOVES THROUGH OUR AREA TONIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, BRENT DEFINITELY WENT OUTSIDE. SO WHERE YOU LIVE DETERMINES MANY OUTCOMES IN YOUR LIFE, INCLUDING HOW LONG YOU LIVE. >> NEW DATA SHOWS LIFE EXPECTANCY RATES IN THE STATE VERY FROM 70 YEARS IN SWAIN TO ABOVE 82 IN ORANGE COUNTY WRAL'S INVESTIGATIVE DATA JOURNALIST ALI INGERSOLL LOOKED INTO THE GAP AND WHY EXPERTS BELIEVE THAT MEDICAID EXPANSION COULD HELP. >> THE AVERAGE PERSON IN WAKE COUNTY LIVES A DECADE LONGER THAN SOMEONE IN ROBESON COUNTY DATA SHOWS. IN FACT, PEOPLE IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE TRIANGLE LIKE AREN'T WEEK CHATHAM AND DURHAM COUNTIES ARE AMONG THOSE WHO LIVE THE LONGEST IN THE STATE. THE COUNTIES IN DARK PURPLE HAVE THE HIGHEST LIFE EXPECTANCY RATES. >> WELL, THOSE IN YELLOW, THE LOWEST THE TOP 10 COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA HAVE AN AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY OVER 80 YEARS OLD ABOVE THE STATE'S AVERAGE OF 77 AND MUCH HIGHER THAN THE COUNTIES WITH THE LOWEST WHERE THE AVERAGE IS JUST OVER. 72, MANY OF THE COUNTIES WHERE RESIDENTS ARE LIVING THE LONGEST ARE AMONG THOSE WITH THE HIGHEST MEDIAN INCOME AND LOWEST PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE UNINSURED. LAURA PARKER, A HEALTH POLICY EXPERT WITH THE CENTER ON BUDGET AND POLICY PRIORITIES SAYS THAT INTERSECTION ISN'T SURPRISING HIGHER HEALTH COVERAGE RATES ARE TIED TO BETTER OUTCOMES. WE TO SEE THAT WHEN PEOPLE DO HAVE HEALTH COVERAGE, THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO SEEK CARE. SOME PEOPLE WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE MAY DELAY CARE >> THAT'S WHY HARKER FEELS EXPANDING MEDICAID COULD BE PARTICULARLY BENEFICIAL TO PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS AND COULD CLOSE THE GAP. NOT ONLY ON LIFE EXPECTANCY BUT ALSO RELATED TO MEDIAN INCOME AND ECONOMIC OUTPUT. >> PEOPLE NEED TO BE HEALTHY IN ORDER TO BE PRODUCTIVE AND TO BE ABLE TO WORK. >> SHE SAYS MEDICAID EXPANSION HAS ALSO BEEN LINKED TO REDUCING MEDICAL DEBT AND PROVIDING THIS COVERAGE CAN HELP STATE RESPOND TO A VARIETY OF ISSUES LIKE THE MATERNAL

Health experts hope life expectancy can increase across NC with Medicaid expansion

Experts hopeful Medicaid expansion closes life expectancy gap

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In 2020, the average life expectancy in the United States fell by a year and a half 
to 77 years and four months.

US life expectancy has largest decline since WWII 

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Australia's oldest-ever man has included eating chicken brains among his secrets to living more than 111 years.

111-year-old man's secret to a long life? Chicken brains

111-year-old Austrilian man reveals secret to long life

Dexter Kruger told a reporter that eating chicken brains have helped him become Australia's oldest man.

Right down to the light just by nice and tall and then we and what? Yeah, Instead chicken brains, you know, seconds have ahead and in there there some brain and they are delicious little things. There's only one never bite.

Chicken brains are 111-year-old man's secret to a long life

The staggering estimated fall of U.S. life expectancy was reported on Thursday 
by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Life expectancy drops in US by a full year 

Life expectancy declining in U.S.

Life expectancy in the United States has reached a new high in 2018, according to a report from the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics.

US life expectancy goes up for the first time since 2014

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