Re: Where you live linked to life expectancy

[Guest guest]

Agreed. My brother and sister live in Summit County, Colorado, 7th longest life expectancy

County by rank in the US. Elevation ~10 to 11 thousand feet above sea level. On 9/11/06, Jeff Novick

<chefjeff40@...> wrote:

Interesting...

http://news./s/ap/20060911/ap_on_re_us/american_longevity_2

Where you live linked to life expectancy

By LAURAN NEERGAARD,

AP Medical Writer

2 hours, 21 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Where you live, combined with race and

income, plays a huge role in the nation's health

disparities, differences so stark that a report issued

Monday contends it's as if there are eight separate

Americas instead of one.

Asian-American women living in Bergen County, N.J.,

lead the nation in longevity, typically reaching their

91st birthdays. Worst off are American Indian men in

swaths of South Dakota, who die around age 58 — three

decades sooner.

[Guest guest]

Counties ranking #1-#7 in life expectancy are all in Colorado.....makesyou wonder 'bout the effect of altitude. Secondary to increased epogen?On 9/12/06,

Dowling <christopher.a.dowling@...> wrote:

Agreed. My brother and sister live in Summit County, Colorado, 7th longest life expectancy

County by rank in the US. Elevation ~10 to 11 thousand feet above sea level.

On 9/11/06, Jeff Novick

<chefjeff40@...> wrote:

Interesting...

http://news./s/ap/20060911/ap_on_re_us/american_longevity_2

Where you live linked to life expectancy

By LAURAN NEERGAARD,

AP Medical Writer

2 hours, 21 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Where you live, combined with race and

income, plays a huge role in the nation's health

disparities, differences so stark that a report issued

Monday contends it's as if there are eight separate

Americas instead of one.

Asian-American women living in Bergen County, N.J.,

lead the nation in longevity, typically reaching their

91st birthdays. Worst off are American Indian men in

swaths of South Dakota, who die around age 58 — three

decades sooner.

[Guest guest]

Hi folks:

One wonders whether an important factor for life expectancy is the

low temperatures that are associated with altitude. Generally in

that list the locations with high longevity are either at altitude or

in the north (the Dakotas are an exception perhaps because of the

indigenous population?) Those at the low end are mainly in the

steamy south.

Rodney.

> > >

> > > Interesting...

> > >

> > >

http://news./s/ap/20060911/ap_on_re_us/american_longevity_2

> > >

> > > Where you live linked to life expectancy

> > > By LAURAN NEERGAARD,

> > > AP Medical Writer

> > > 2 hours, 21 minutes ago

> > >

> > > WASHINGTON - Where you live, combined with race and

> > > income, plays a huge role in the nation's health

> > > disparities, differences so stark that a report issued

> > > Monday contends it's as if there are eight separate

> > > Americas instead of one.

> > >

> > > Asian-American women living in Bergen County, N.J.,

> > > lead the nation in longevity, typically reaching their

> > > 91st birthdays. Worst off are American Indian men in

> > > swaths of South Dakota, who die around age 58 — three

> > > decades sooner.

> > >

> > >

> > >

> >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

>--I would expect that two factors are at play in those data: the amount of

>oxygen where the people are living and the average intelligence of the

>examined population of people, both of which seem to correlate (the former

>negatively) with longevity.

Maco

>Hi folks:

>

>One wonders whether an important factor for life expectancy is the

>low temperatures that are associated with altitude. Generally in

>that list the locations with high longevity are either at altitude or

>in the north (the Dakotas are an exception perhaps because of the

>indigenous population?) Those at the low end are mainly in the

>steamy south.

>

>Rodney.

[Guest guest]

As a Colorado resident (who is from the South) I would say it's the different typical lifestyle here that accounts for the difference...Exercise and cleaner living are immeasurably more widespread here than in the South for example...I doubt it's for an inherently geographic reason...

On 9/12/06, Dowling <christopher.a.dowling@...> wrote:

Counties ranking #1-#7 in life expectancy are all in Colorado.....makesyou wonder 'bout the effect of altitude. Secondary to increased epogen?

On 9/12/06,

Dowling <christopher.a.dowling@...> wrote:

Agreed. My brother and sister live in Summit County, Colorado, 7th longest life expectancy

County by rank in the US. Elevation ~10 to 11 thousand feet above sea level.

On 9/11/06, Jeff Novick

<chefjeff40@...> wrote:

Interesting...

http://news./s/ap/20060911/ap_on_re_us/american_longevity_2

Where you live linked to life expectancy

By LAURAN NEERGAARD,

AP Medical Writer

2 hours, 21 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Where you live, combined with race and

income, plays a huge role in the nation's health

disparities, differences so stark that a report issued

Monday contends it's as if there are eight separate

Americas instead of one.

Asian-American women living in Bergen County, N.J.,

lead the nation in longevity, typically reaching their

91st birthdays. Worst off are American Indian men in

swaths of South Dakota, who die around age 58 — three

decades sooner.

[Guest guest]

Heck I bet the different smoking rates could nearly account for it all by itself...BOn 9/12/06, brian adler <

brianadler67@...> wrote:As a Colorado resident (who is from the South) I would say it's the different typical lifestyle here that accounts for the difference...Exercise and cleaner living are immeasurably more widespread here than in the South for example...I doubt it's for an inherently geographic reason...

On 9/12/06, Dowling <

christopher.a.dowling@...> wrote:

Counties ranking #1-#7 in life expectancy are all in Colorado.....makesyou wonder 'bout the effect of altitude. Secondary to increased epogen?

On 9/12/06,

Dowling <christopher.a.dowling@...> wrote:

Agreed. My brother and sister live in Summit County, Colorado, 7th longest life expectancy

County by rank in the US. Elevation ~10 to 11 thousand feet above sea level.

On 9/11/06, Jeff Novick

<chefjeff40@...> wrote:

Interesting...

http://news./s/ap/20060911/ap_on_re_us/american_longevity_2

Where you live linked to life expectancy

By LAURAN NEERGAARD,

AP Medical Writer

2 hours, 21 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Where you live, combined with race and

income, plays a huge role in the nation's health

disparities, differences so stark that a report issued

Monday contends it's as if there are eight separate

Americas instead of one.

Asian-American women living in Bergen County, N.J.,

lead the nation in longevity, typically reaching their

91st birthdays. Worst off are American Indian men in

swaths of South Dakota, who die around age 58 — three

decades sooner.

[Guest guest]

I also think the altitude of Colorado is a deterrent to the obese. If getting off the couch and walking to the fridge left me breathless, I wouldn't want to live here either. The seven Colorado counties that topped the list are mostly, if not all, in the high country and are 3-4k feet higher than the larger cities along the front range (where you don't see that many obese people, and rarely see anyone who's morbidly obese).brian adler <brianadler67@...> wrote: Heck I bet the different smoking rates could nearly

account for it all by itself...BOn 9/12/06, brian adler < brianadler67gmail> wrote:As a Colorado resident (who is from the South) I would say it's the different typical lifestyle here that accounts for the difference...Exercise and cleaner living are immeasurably more widespread here than in the South for example...I doubt it's for an inherently geographic reason... On 9/12/06, Dowling < christopher.a.dowlinggmail> wrote: Counties ranking #1-#7 in life expectancy are all in Colorado.....makesyou wonder 'bout the effect of altitude. Secondary to increased epogen? On 9/12/06, Dowling <christopher.a.dowlinggmail> wrote: Agreed. My brother and sister live in Summit County, Colorado, 7th longest life expectancy County by rank in the

US. Elevation ~10 to 11 thousand feet above sea level. On 9/11/06, Jeff Novick <chefjeff40 > wrote: Interesting... http://news./s/ap/20060911/ap_on_re_us/american_longevity_2 Where you live linked to life expectancy By LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical Writer 2 hours, 21 minutes ago WASHINGTON - Where you live, combined with race and income, plays a huge

role in the nation's health disparities, differences so stark that a report issued Monday contends it's as if there are eight separate Americas instead of one. Asian-American women living in Bergen County, N.J., lead the nation in longevity, typically reaching their 91st birthdays. Worst off are American Indian men in swaths of South Dakota, who die around age 58 — three decades sooner.