WHATCOM COUNTY, WA (MyBellinghamNow.com) – Whatcom County residents are inclined to have lengthy lives, however we don’t benefit from the longest life expectancy within the state.
The Seattle Instances broke down the info on county-by-county life expectancy compiled by the College of Wisconsin’s Inhabitants Well being Institute.
They discovered that San Juan County residents reside the longest at a median of 86.3 years. Whatcom County is close to the highest at a good 80 years of life. Different counties topping the checklist are Skamania, King, Douglas, Island, Kittitas and Jefferson respectively.
The county with the bottom life expectancy is Pend Oreille at slightly below 75 years.
Many components contribute to longevity together with way of life, well being decisions, setting and social and financial components.
Paradoxically, Whatcom County’s lengthy expectancy comes regardless of its residents reporting the heaviest ingesting of Washington’s counties and a better ingesting price than the nationwide common.
To learn extra about how Whatcom measures as much as the remainder of Washington and the U.S., you’ll be able to learn the stats on County Well being Rankings’ web site.
