{"id":5765,"date":"2025-10-02T15:46:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T15:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/tieuc\/?page_id=5765"},"modified":"2025-10-02T16:08:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T16:08:04","slug":"life-expectancy-by-race-age-location","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/tieuc\/dashboards\/life-expectancy-by-race-age-location\/","title":{"rendered":"Life Expectancy by Race, Age &amp; Location"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"life-expectancy-by-ethnicity-age-group-location-and-year-4f2e4e85-211b-4fcc-996b-d3bfce7e9e98\"><strong>Life Expectancy by Ethnicity, Age Group, Location, and Year<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Overall Key Insights<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Geographic disparity<\/strong>: Urbanized counties fare significantly better in life expectancy than rural counterparts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Racial disparity<\/strong>: Non-Latino Asians consistently enjoy higher life expectancy, while Non-Latino Blacks show significantly lower values.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Age group variation<\/strong>: Younger cohorts (1\u20134, 5\u20139) reflect relatively higher expectancy, but declines accelerate in middle-to-older age ranges.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Temporal stability<\/strong>: Across 2009\u20132019, life expectancy trends remain largely flat, with only minor fluctuations \u2014 suggesting limited progress in addressing disparities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"county-level-life-expectancy-43dd52c8-e3b3-480a-bc73-dd8e3ff10414\"><strong>County Level Life Expectancy<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The county map provides a geographic view of life expectancy across the 24 North Central Texas counties.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Values range between&nbsp;<strong>~64.5 years (Eastland &amp; Brown Counties)<\/strong>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<strong>~71 years (Collin &amp; Denton Counties)<\/strong>, highlighting regional disparities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Age group and ethnicity filters allow users to analyze variations within specific demographics.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Overall, urban counties (Collin, Denton, Tarrant) consistently report&nbsp;<strong>higher life expectancy<\/strong>, while more rural areas show lower averages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class='tableauPlaceholder' id='viz1759420091378' style='position: relative'><noscript><a href='#'><img alt='Life expectancy on ethnicity by location, age group and year ' src='https:&#47;&#47;public.tableau.com&#47;static&#47;images&#47;CC&#47;CC984SNG8&#47;1_rss.png' style='border: none' \/><\/a><\/noscript><object class='tableauViz'  style='display:none;'><param name='host_url' value='https%3A%2F%2Fpublic.tableau.com%2F' \/> <param name='embed_code_version' value='3' \/> <param name='path' value='shared&#47;CC984SNG8' \/> <param name='toolbar' value='yes' \/><param name='static_image' value='https:&#47;&#47;public.tableau.com&#47;static&#47;images&#47;CC&#47;CC984SNG8&#47;1.png' \/> <param name='animate_transition' value='yes' \/><param name='display_static_image' value='yes' \/><param name='display_spinner' value='yes' \/><param name='display_overlay' value='yes' \/><param name='display_count' value='yes' \/><param name='language' value='en-US' \/><\/object><\/div>                <script type='text\/javascript'>                    var divElement = document.getElementById('viz1759420091378'); 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