The U.S. life expectancy is on the rise at 78.4 as of 2023, two years longer than 2021, according to the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). ⁠ ⁠ But that number is just an average. Where you live can shape how long you’re expected to live. A new report by Nursa, a healthcare staffing platform, ranked states by life expectancy based on factors like access to fitness and trails, smoking rates, pollution, healthy food availability, and hospital efficiency. Here’s how the states stac