People in These Two Iowa Towns Outlive the Rest of the Country

There are only two guarantees in life: death and taxes.

I know that seems pretty grim, but it's reality. Nowadays, people are living longer and longer. According to a report from the World Health Organization, the average life expectancy across the globe went up between 2000 and 2019 by six years.

This number does depend on where you live!

There are two places here in the Hawkeye State where its residents live longer than most of the country.

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The Data

According to a report from USA Today in conjunction with data from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, there are a few key factors to consider when determining the towns where the population will live the longest.

This list is based off of seven different components which include;

• Life expectancy
• Obesity Rate
• Smoking Rate
• Adults who don't exercise regularly
• Adults without health insurance
• Median household income
• Population

Which Towns in Iowa Have the Highest Life Expectancy?

According to the report, there are two towns in the Hawkeye State that qualify to be on this list.

They are some of the most populous cities in the entire state, Ames and Iowa City.

Ames residents have an average life expectancy of 81.98 years which is 2.89 more than the national average. This city has a population of 123,351 people, according to reports.

On this national list, Ames came in at twenty-five, right below Santa Rosa, California and above Miami.

Iowa City, the home of the University of Iowa, ranked just a bit higher in this ranking.

In Iowa City, the life expectancy for residents is estimated to be at about 82.19 years which is 3.10 years over the United States average. The city's average smoking rate falls at around 14.6%.

Interestingly enough, Iowa City is in the top twenty cities/towns in the country for highest life expectancy. It came in one spot higher than New York-Newark-Jersey City, New Jersey at eighteenth on the list.

Here are the top ten cities with residents that have the highest life expectancy:

1. Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, Florida
2. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
3. San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, California
4. Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii
5. Boulder, Colorado
6. Yuma, Arizona
7. State College, Pennsylvania
8. Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California
9. Corvallis, Oregon
10. Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut

Read the full list here.

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