NYS Census

New York State mapped and discussed, using Census data. Lots of interesting infographics can be found here.

Life Expectency of New Yorkers, 2016-2018

Life Expectency of New Yorkers, 2016-2018

The secret to a long life in New York State is to move downstate. You can add 7.7 years to your life -- nearly a 10% extension to your life -- by moving from Chemung County to Manhattan, assuming that statistics work like that, which they don't. Upstaters tend to be overweight, smoke a lot of cigarettes, inject a lot heroin and pain pills, and have long commutes in automobiles that often lead to fatal car crashes.

Browse the data here: https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/app/new-york/2020/measure/outcomes/147/data