If you were born in Gainesville, the odds are you will live longer than most other native Georgians.
24/7 Wall St. recently released results of a study it conducted on life expectancy nationwide.
They show that Gainesville natives can expect to live 78.8 years, slightly above the national average, and higher than the average life expectancy for all Georgia residents. In fact, Gainesville is the only metro area in the state with an average life expectancy higher than that of the nation.
In Columbus, the metro area with the shortest life expectancy in Georgia, residents’ lives are expected to be four years shorter than in Gainesville, one of the wider in-state gaps in the country.
The city in the country with the longest life expectancy? San Jose, California. The study found that a child born there can expect to live, on average, 83 years.
Social and economic factors are the primary drivers of longevity, according to the report.
Click here Cities With the Longest Life Expectancy in Every State - 24/7 Wall St. http://247wallst.com/special-report/2015/12/21/cities-with-the-longest-life-expectancy-in-every-state/#ixzz3yAgbDNrD to read more about the stud and its findings.
http://accesswdun.com/article/2016/1/364809/new-study-gainesville-is-tops-in-georgia-in-life-expectancy