WELL NEW RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT
IT COULD BE TRUE.
WE'LL HAVE MORE AFTER THE BREAK.
(SARAH)
WHAT IF SIMPLY MOVING TO A
DIFFERENT ZIP CODE ONCE YOU
REACH RETIREMENT COULD ADD YEARS
TO YOUR LIFE?
BRITT CONWAY HAS MORE ON A NEW
STUDY.
THE AVERAGE AMERICAN CAN EXPECT
TO LIVE ABOUT 78 YEARS,
DEPENDING ON FACTORS LIKE
INCOME, RACE, OVERALL HEALTH AND
REGION OF THE COUNTRY.
BUT YOU CAN CHANGE THAT...
A RECENT STUDY BY THE NATIONAL
BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH --
WHICH LOOKED AT NEARLY 70
MILLION MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES
FROM 1999-2014 -- FOUND SENIORS
WHO MOVE TO CERTAIN LOCATIONS IN
RETIREMENT COULD ADD--OR TAKE
OFF--YEARS FROM THEIR LIVES.
THE STUDY ADJUSTED FOR THINGS
LIKE EDUCATION, HOMICIDE RATES
AND OVERALL HEALTH, AND FOUND
MOVING TO A HIGHER-RATED AREA
AFTER AGE 65 COULD LENGTHEN
SOMEONE'S LIFE BY OVER A YEAR.
THE FIVE BEST RATED AREAS ARE
ALL IN NEW YORK AND FLORIDA,
WITH YONKERS, NEW YORK TAKING
THE CAKE--INCREASING LIFE SPAN
AN ESTIMATED 1.26 YEARS.
ALSO IN THE TOP TEN ARE
ASHEVILLE AND WILMINGTON, NORTH
CAROLINA, BRIDGEPORT,
CONNECTICUT AND LANCASTER,
PENNSYLVANIA.
ACCORDING TO THE STUDY, MOVING
TO LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA COULD
SHORTEN AN AVERAGE SENIOR'S LIFE
THE MOST --- BY 9 MONTHS.
SOME BIG CITIES LIKE LAS VEGAS
AND SALT LAKE CITY ALSO MAKE THE
LIST FOR THE LOWERING LIFE
EXPECTANCY.
FOR TODAY'S HEALTH MINUTE, I'M
BRITT CONWAY.
