The average life expectancy changes greatly based on gender with women living to 80.2 years and men to 74.8 years nationally (75.9 years for women and 68.8 years for men in Louisianans).
Life expectancy for each Louisiana parish ranges from 68.2 years in Morehouse to 78.5 years in Cameron — a 10 year difference.Â
Only one parish, Cameron, had more than the national average for life expectancy. (Though it's worth noting that the average population of a parish in Louisiana is 71,840, and Cameron Parish only has 4,728 residents — so its results could be more skewed with fewer outliers.)
The parishes with highest average life expectancies are:
- Cameron Parish, with an average of 78.5 years;
- St. Tammany Parish, with an average of 76.5 years;
- Ascension Parish, with an average of 76.3 years;
- Lafayette Parish, with an average of 75.8 years;
- and Plaquemines Parish, with an average of 75.8 years.
The parishes with the lowest average life expectancies are:
- Morehouse Parish, with an average of 68.2 years;
- Bienville Parish, with an average of 68.7 years;
- Washington Parish, with an average of 68.9 years;
- Webster Parish, with an average of 69.5 years;
- and St. Landry Parish, with an average of 69.6 years.
Email Margaret DeLaney at margaret.delaney@theadvocate.com.
