AGENCY TESTIMONY
Life expectancy trends and racial disparities in New York City
0:18:56
·
80 sec
Dr. Morse presents the latest life expectancy trends in New York City, highlighting overall progress and persistent racial disparities.
- Life expectancy at birth in 2022 rose to 81.5 years, up from 80.7 in 2021, but still about 1 year below the pre-pandemic level in 2019.
- The city is on track to meet or exceed the goal of 83 years by 2030
- Despite overall gains, significant racial disparities persist
- Black New Yorkers are dying more than 5 years earlier than white New Yorkers
- Indigenous peoples (about 118,000 people or 1.3% of the city's population) are not reflected in Healthy NYC data due to small population size
Michelle Morse
0:18:56
There are a few trends I'd like to highlight today.
0:18:59
The first is our overall progress toward higher life expectancy.
0:19:03
We're on track to meet our or exceed our goal of raising New Yorkers' life expectancy to at least 83 years by 2030.
0:19:10
Life expectancy at birth in 2022 rose to 8.5 81.5 years.
0:19:16
That's up by almost a year from 80.7 in 2020 21, but it's still about 1 year below the pre pandemic level in 2019.
0:19:25
As a city, we're moving in the right direction, but even as we gain back some of the time we lost in the pandemic, we've maintained the preexisting inequities and lifespan.
0:19:35
Black communities die younger than their white, Hispanic, and Asian neighbors.
0:19:40
These data reveal that despite citywide gains, black New Yorkers are dying more than 5 years earlier than white New Yorkers.
0:19:46
I also wanna acknowledge that New York City is home to the largest urban population of people identifying as natives, First Nations, and indigenous peoples of the Americas in the United States.
0:19:56
That group constitutes about a 118,000 people, which is 1.3% of our city's population.
0:20:03
They are not reflected in Healthy NYC due to the size of the population and smaller numbers of deaths, which makes 1 year statistical estimates unreliable.
0:20:11
Now I'd like to parse out what's driving both the increase in life expectancy and the persistence of racial inequity.
