Life Expectancy In Houston Can Vary Up To 20 Years Depending On Where You Live

In Texas, life expectancy varies even more – up to 30 years between some ZIP codes.

Courtesy of UT Southwestern Medical Center

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houstonpublicmedia.org - by Katie Watkins - March 4, 2019

Life expectancy in Harris County can vary by about 20 years between ZIP codes,  according to new research by UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas . . .

. . . In Texas, the numbers vary even more – up to 30 years between some ZIP codes. While the statewide life expectancy is 78.5 years, the longest life expectancy is in the 78634 ZIP code in Hutto, Texas (97 years). The 76104 ZIP code in Forth Worth has the shortest (66.7 years).

Dr. Sandi Pruitt, an Assistant Professor of Population and Data Sciences at UT Southwestern and the lead investigator of the study, said she found the results “striking.”

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