Hawaii Residents Expected to Live Longest and Healthiest

According to study released by the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hawaii residents that are currently 65 years old are expected to live the longest and healthiest lives as compared to residents of any other state.  The study predicted that those individuals would live another 21 years on average, and for 16 of those years they would be in good health.  The study noted that this was due to Hawaii's ethnic composition, good weather, access to health care and relatively low obesity rates.

Associate specialist for the University of Hawaii Center on the Family, Sarah Yuan, commented, "Longer life doesn't mean a good quality of life.  Healthy life expectancy is a modified measure that reflects how healthy we are as we age.  I think that is a very meaningful measure, more than the traditional one. The fact that on both measures Hawaii is ranked at the top, that's a good sign.  We tend to have a larger population of (people with) Japanese and Chinese background.  It turns out that the longest life expectancy is Chinese, and the second is Japanese."

Source: Honolulu Star Advertiser, 7-19-2013, www.staradvertiser.com
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