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Found some interesting stats:

- http://kff.org/other/state-indicator/life-expectancy/?active...

- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_life_...

TLDR; Coasts being always superior isn't really an accurate depiction. Hawaii (1), CA and Connecticut (tie for 3 and 4) definitely are coastal, but also rich. Minnesota (2) is definitely a surprise for me. NC, SC, and Georgia aren't rank that high and FL is marginally higher.

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It's not that surprising when you look at this: http://stateofobesity.org/adult-obesity/

A lot of states with the highest life expectancy are among the least obese states. That means there is something about the lifestyle there that promotes better health.

It's shocking to me how closely related life expectancy seems to be with a state's political alignment based on those lists. I'd love to see the correlation coefficient of percent of conservative voters vs life expectancy.

http://politicsthatwork.com/graphs/life-expectancy-by-state

What's also interesting, CA ranked one of the worst in uninsured in that same article http://politicsthatwork.com/graphs/uninsured-by-state

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