Ledyard: Your ZIP Code May Influence How Long You Live

LEDYARD, CT — The average life expectancy in the United States is 78.6 years, but whether you’ll live that long, or longer, depends upon what neighborhood you call home, according to a new report.

Using the most up to date information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Center for Health Statistics along with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation released a first-of-its-kind neighborhood-level report on life expectancy.

The report shows that life expectancy estimates can vary greatly even on a block-to-block level. The life expectancy in the area around town hall in Ledyard is 80 years.

The average life expectancy across Connecticut is 80.8 years, which is higher than the national average.

Below are each county’s life expectancy ratings:

New London: 80.18 years

New Haven: 79.81 years
Fairfield: 81.8 years
Litchfield: 80.74 years
Hartford: 80.08 years
Tolland: 81.64 years
Middlesex: 81.02
Windham: 79 years

“Affordable high-quality health care is essential to our health. But where we live can have an even greater impact,” reads the report. “Improving health and longevity in communities starts with ensuring access to healthy food, good schools, affordable housing, and jobs that provide us the resources necessary to care for ourselves and our families.”

The project also allows residents across the United States and most of Connecticut to look up their neighborhood’s life expectancy by exact address.