Between 1999-2001 and 2018-2020, data from 34 states showed an increase in life expectancy. 14 out of the 16 states that showed a decrease in life expectancy (all but New Mexico and Arizona) voted Republican (overall) in the 2020 US presidential election.

1999-2001 data on life expectancy by state: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr60/nvsr60_09.pdf

2018-2020 data on life expectancy by state (I took the average): https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/life_expectancy/life_expectancy.htm

Voting margins: https://www.cookpolitical.com/2020-national-popular-vote-tracker

Tool: Excel

Republicans are hazardous to your health.

Very interesting, thanks for sharing.

Sorry - the labels would overlap a lot and clutter the graph. Would you like me to post my data table in a comment?

Here's the data:

https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/11n4zjl/comment/jbljtin/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

There are 50

Oh! Sorry about that... I'll edit my comment.

Here's the data:

State...1999-01 life expectancy...2018-20 life expectancy...Dem '20 margin

HI...80.2...80.9...30%

MN...79.3...80.0...7%

ND...79.1...78.3...-33%

CT...78.9...79.7...20%

UT...78.9...79.3...-21%

CA...78.8...80.2...29%

NH...78.8...79.2...7%

IA...78.8...78.6...-8%

MA...78.8...79.8...34%

CO...78.7...79.4...14%

RI...78.7...79.2...21%

WA...78.6...79.7...19%

WI...78.6...78.8...1%

NE...78.4...78.7...-19%

SD...78.3...78.0...-26%

ID...78.3...79.0...-31%

VT...78.2...79.3...35%

NY...78.2...79.6...23%

AZ...78.2...77.9...0%

FL...78.1...78.5...-3%

OR...78.1...79.4...16%

KS...77.8...77.5...-15%

MT...77.7...78.0...-16%

NJ...77.6...79.1...16%

ME...77.5...78.2...9%

NM...77.3...76.2...11%

IL...77.1...78.2...17%

TX...77.0...77.8...-6%

DE...77.0...77.5...19%

PA...77.0...77.7...1%

VA...77.0...78.6...10%

MI...76.9...77.2...3%

WY...76.6...77.4...-43%

AK...76.6...77.4...-10%

MO...76.5...76.2...-15%

IN...76.5...76.3...-16%

OH...76.5...76.3...-8%

MD...76.4...77.9...33%

NC...76.3...77.1...-1%

NV...76.1...77.4...2%

OK...75.6...75.1...-33%

AR...75.4...75.0...-28%

TN...75.3...75.0...-23%

WV...75.3...73.9...-39%

GA...75.3...76.7...0%

KY...75.2...74.8...-26%

SC...75.0...76.0...-12%

AL...74.8...74.5...-26%

LA...74.3...74.8...-19%

MS...73.9...73.6...-17%

No problem - I've edited my previous comment to link to where I've posted the data.

Comparing margins this thin is just not that interesting imo

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