These rural counties showed a significant decline in life expectancy for men from 1983 to 1999, based on a report by researchers at Harvard University:
State | County | County Seat | Population in 2000 | Life Expectancy in 1983 | Life Expectancy in 1999 |
AL | Butler | Greenville | 21,399 | 77.91 | 75.18 |
AL | Conecuh | Evergreen | 14,089 | 77.91 | 75.18 |
AL | Cullman | Cullman | 77,483 | 79.42 | 78.10 |
AL | Dale | Ozark | 49,129 | 79.60 | 77.36 |
AL | Fayette | Fayette | 18,495 | 78.79 | 76.69 |
AL | Franklin | Russellville | 31,223 | 78.29 | 75.69 |
AL | Lamar | Vernon | 15,904 | 78.79 | 76.69 |
AL | Marion | Hamilton | 31,214 | 79.72 | 77.28 |
AR | Ashley | Hamburg | 24,209 | 77.32 | 73.47 |
AR | Bradley | Warren | 12,600 | 77.88 | 75.36 |
AR | Calhoun | Hampton | 5,744 | 77.88 | 75.36 |
AR | Chicot | Lake Village | 14,117 | 78.76 | 75.83 |
AR | Clark | Arkadelphia | 23,546 | 79.85 | 77.34 |
AR | Cross | Wynne | 19,526 | 77.64 | 75.56 |
AR | Dallas | Fordyce | 9,210 | 77.88 | 75.47 |
AR | Drew | Monticello | 18,723 | 78.76 | 75.83 |
AR | Fulton | Salem | 11,642 | 80.97 | 77.42 |
AR | Izard | Melbourne | 13,249 | 80.97 | 77.42 |
AR | Jackson | Newport | 18,418 | 77.64 | 75.56 |
AR | Little River | Ashdown | 13,628 | 78.78 | 76.37 |
AR | Mississippi | Osceola & Blytheville | 51,979 | 76.24 | 74.03 |
AR | Phillips | Helena | 26,445 | 74.70 | 71.87 |
AR | St. Francis | Forrest City | 29,329 | 76.11 | 73.92 |
AR | Sevier | De Queen | 15,757 | 78.78 | 76.37 |
CO | Dolores | Dove Creek | 1,844 | 80.78 | 76.36 |
CO | Garfield | Glenwood Springs | 43,791 | 81.68 | 79.43 |
CO | Montezuma | Cortez | 23,830 | 80.78 | 76.36 |
CO | San Juan | Silverton | 558 | 80.78 | 76.36 |
FL | Columbia | Lake City | 56,513 | 77.65 | 75.34 |
FL | Jackson | Marianna | 46,755 | 78.18 | 75.93 |
GA | Colquitt | Moultrie | 42,053 | 77.39 | 75.58 |
GA | Greene | Greensboro | 14,406 | 79.11 | 76.86 |
GA | Troup | LaGrange | 58,779 | 77.05 | 74.83 |
GA | Upson | Thomaston | 27,597 | 77.13 | 74.70 |
IN | Fountain | Covington | 17,954 | 79.36 | 77.28 |
IN | Scott | Scottsburg | 22,960 | 78.30 | 75.46 |
IN | Warren | Williamsport | 8,419 | 79.36 | 77.28 |
IA | Adair | Greenfield | 8,243 | 80.89 | 78.78 |
IA | Cass | Atlantic | 14,684 | 80.89 | 78.78 |
IA | Union | Creston | 12,309 | 80.89 | 78.78 |
KS | Clay | Clay Center | 8,822 | 81.07 | 78.97 |
KS | Dickinson | Abilene | 19,344 | 81.07 | 78.97 |
KS | Ford | Dodge City | 32,458 | 80.28 | 78.15 |
KS | Mcpherson | McPherson | 29,554 | 82.69 | 79.40 |
KS | Saline | Salina | 53,597 | 81.05 | 79.47 |
KY | Clay | Manchester | 24,556 | 78.24 | 74.71 |
KY | Estill | Irvine | 15,307 | 79.02 | 76.36 |
KY | Grayson | Leitchfield | 24,053 | 78.24 | 75.84 |
KY | Hart | Munfordville | 17,445 | 79.18 | 76.77 |
KY | Laurel | London | 52,715 | 79.70 | 77.28 |
KY | Lee | Beattyville | 7,916 | 79.02 | 76.36 |
KY | Leslie | Hyden | 12,401 | 78.24 | 74.71 |
KY | Letcher | Whitesburg | 25,277 | 77.12 | 74.70 |
KY | Mccreary | Whitley City | 17,080 | 77.62 | 74.83 |
KY | Madison | Richmond | 70,872 | 80.04 | 78.23 |
KY | Mason | Maysville | 16,800 | 78.46 | 75.51 |
KY | Menifee | Frenchburg | 6,556 | 78.25 | 75.67 |
KY | Powell | Stanton | 13,237 | 78.25 | 75.67 |
KY | Wayne | Monticello | 19,923 | 77.62 | 74.83 |
KY | Whitley | Williamsburg | 35,865 | 78.10 | 75.33 |
KY | Wolfe | Campton | 7,065 | 78.25 | 75.67 |
LA | Franklin | Winnsboro | 21,263 | 76.14 | 74.05 |
LA | Madison | Tallulah | 13,728 | 76.14 | 74.05 |
ME | Washington | Machias | 33,941 | 78.92 | 76.77 |
MN | Beltrami | Bemidji | 39,650 | 80.88 | 78.96 |
MS | Alcorn | Corinth | 34,558 | 77.90 | 75.84 |
MS | Benton | Ashland | 8,026 | 79.25 | 75.91 |
MS | Coahoma | Clarksdale | 30,622 | 74.86 | 72.51 |
MS | Itawamba | Fulton | 22,770 | 78.77 | 76.83 |
MS | Jasper | Bay Springs & Pauldi | 18,149 | 78.51 | 76.54 |
MS | Marion | Columbia | 25,595 | 77.53 | 75.32 |
MS | Neshoba | Philadelphia | 28,684 | 78.12 | 75.29 |
MS | Newton | Decatur | 21,838 | 78.51 | 76.54 |
MS | Panola | Sardis & Batesville | 34,274 | 76.93 | 74.57 |
MS | Smith | Raleigh | 16,182 | 78.51 | 76.54 |
MS | Sunflower | Indianola | 34,369 | 76.70 | 73.09 |
MS | Tippah | Ripley | 20,826 | 79.25 | 75.91 |
MS | Tishomingo | Iuka | 19,163 | 78.77 | 76.83 |
MO | Dent | Salem | 14,927 | 79.51 | 77.27 |
MO | Douglas | Ava | 13,084 | 79.33 | 77.63 |
MO | Dunklin | Kennett | 33,155 | 77.19 | 74.94 |
MO | Howell | West Plains | 37,238 | 79.11 | 76.92 |
MO | Iron | Ironton | 10,697 | 78.99 | 75.74 |
MO | Laclede | Lebanon | 32,513 | 79.68 | 77.11 |
MO | Lawrence | Mount Vernon | 35,204 | 79.77 | 77.96 |
MO | Madison | Fredericktown | 11,800 | 78.99 | 75.74 |
MO | Maries | Vienna | 8,903 | 80.09 | 77.72 |
MO | Miller | Tuscumbia | 23,564 | 80.09 | 77.72 |
MO | Mississippi | Charleston | 13,427 | 77.96 | 74.95 |
MO | New Madrid | New Madrid | 19,760 | 77.96 | 74.95 |
MO | Ozark | Gainesville | 9,542 | 79.33 | 77.63 |
MO | Pulaski | Waynesville | 41,165 | 78.50 | 76.35 |
MO | St. Francois | Farmington | 55,641 | 77.48 | 74.90 |
MO | Vernon | Nevada | 20,454 | 79.57 | 77.45 |
MO | Wright | Hartville | 17,955 | 79.33 | 77.63 |
NM | Eddy | Carlsbad | 51,658 | 79.56 | 77.45 |
NC | Bertie | Windsor | 19,773 | 76.95 | 74.93 |
NC | Caswell | Yanceyville | 23,501 | 79.45 | 76.30 |
NC | Hyde | Swanquarter | 5,826 | 76.95 | 74.93 |
NC | Macon | Franklin | 29,811 | 82.60 | 80.53 |
NC | Martin | Williamston | 25,593 | 76.51 | 73.72 |
NC | Robeson | Lumberton | 123,339 | 76.35 | 74.26 |
NC | Rowan | Salisbury | 130,340 | 79.29 | 78.01 |
NC | Rutherford | Rutherfordton | 62,899 | 79.18 | 77.68 |
NC | Stanly | Albemarle | 58,100 | 79.30 | 77.29 |
NC | Tyrrell | Columbia | 4,149 | 76.95 | 74.93 |
NC | Washington | Plymouth | 13,723 | 76.95 | 74.93 |
OH | Pike | Waverly | 27,695 | 78.29 | 75.66 |
OH | Seneca | Tiffin | 58,683 | 80.04 | 78.52 |
OK | Atoka | Atoka | 13,879 | 78.15 | 75.83 |
OK | Beckham | Sayre | 19,799 | 79.49 | 76.60 |
OK | Caddo | Anadarko | 30,150 | 78.08 | 74.84 |
OK | Choctaw | Hugo | 15,342 | 77.57 | 75.00 |
OK | Coal | Coalgate | 6,031 | 78.15 | 75.83 |
OK | Delaware | Jay | 37,077 | 80.22 | 76.75 |
OK | Ellis | Arnett | 4,075 | 79.49 | 76.60 |
OK | Haskell | Stigler | 11,792 | 78.34 | 75.76 |
OK | Hughes | Holdenville | 14,154 | 78.15 | 75.83 |
OK | Jackson | Altus | 28,439 | 79.17 | 76.85 |
OK | Latimer | Wilburton | 10,692 | 78.34 | 75.76 |
OK | Ottawa | Miami | 33,194 | 78.36 | 75.88 |
OK | Pontotoc | Ada | 35,143 | 78.92 | 75.26 |
OK | Pottawatomie | Shawnee | 65,521 | 78.39 | 76.35 |
OK | Pushmataha | Antlers | 11,667 | 77.57 | 75.00 |
OK | Roger Mills | Cheyenne | 3,436 | 79.49 | 76.60 |
OK | Seminole | Wewoka | 24,894 | 77.71 | 74.32 |
OR | Grant | Canyon City | 7,935 | 79.17 | 77.21 |
OR | Harney | Burns | 7,609 | 79.17 | 77.21 |
OR | Lake | Lakeview | 7,422 | 79.17 | 77.21 |
OR | Linn | Albany | 103,069 | 80.13 | 79.02 |
OR | Malheur | Vale | 31,615 | 81.24 | 79.12 |
OR | Morrow | Heppner | 10,995 | 79.17 | 77.21 |
SC | Lancaster | Lancaster | 61,351 | 78.36 | 76.92 |
SC | Marlboro | Bennettsville | 28,818 | 75.69 | 72.58 |
SC | Union | Union | 29,881 | 77.61 | 75.43 |
TN | Benton | Camden | 16,537 | 78.98 | 76.91 |
TN | Bledsoe | Pikeville | 12,367 | 79.28 | 76.57 |
TN | Carroll | Huntingdon | 29,475 | 78.23 | 75.44 |
TN | Clay | Celina | 7,976 | 79.19 | 76.59 |
TN | De Kalb | Smithville | 17,423 | 78.98 | 76.60 |
TN | Dyer | Dyersburg | 37,279 | 77.47 | 75.36 |
TN | Fentress | Jamestown | 16,625 | 78.55 | 75.63 |
TN | Grundy | Altamont | 14,332 | 78.95 | 75.45 |
TN | Hardeman | Bolivar | 28,105 | 78.12 | 76.06 |
TN | Hardin | Savannah | 25,578 | 80.34 | 76.37 |
TN | Haywood | Brownsville | 19,797 | 78.12 | 76.06 |
TN | Houston | Erin | 8,088 | 78.98 | 76.91 |
TN | Jackson | Gainesboro | 10,984 | 79.19 | 76.59 |
TN | Lake | Tiptonville | 7,954 | 77.76 | 75.33 |
TN | Mcnairy | Selmer | 24,653 | 79.38 | 76.12 |
TN | Marshall | Lewisburg | 26,767 | 79.14 | 76.97 |
TN | Monroe | Madisonville | 38,961 | 78.88 | 76.31 |
TN | Obion | Union City | 32,450 | 77.76 | 75.33 |
TN | Overton | Livingston | 20,118 | 78.55 | 75.63 |
TN | Pickett | Byrdstown | 4,945 | 79.19 | 76.59 |
TN | Putnam | Cookeville | 62,315 | 79.71 | 78.18 |
TN | Roane | Kingston | 51,910 | 79.75 | 77.58 |
TN | Sevier | Sevierville | 71,170 | 80.13 | 77.96 |
TN | Van Buren | Spencer | 5,508 | 79.28 | 76.57 |
TN | Warren | McMinnville | 38,276 | 79.51 | 77.26 |
TN | White | Sparta | 23,102 | 79.28 | 76.57 |
TX | Camp | Pittsburg | 11,549 | 78.29 | 75.41 |
TX | Erath | Stephenville | 33,001 | 80.27 | 78.22 |
TX | Gray | Pampa | 22,744 | 80.26 | 77.75 |
TX | Henderson | Athens | 73,277 | 78.95 | 76.86 |
TX | Hood | Granbury | 41,100 | 80.02 | 77.35 |
TX | Houston | Crockett | 23,185 | 78.53 | 75.35 |
TX | Mitchell | Colorado City | 9,698 | 79.84 | 76.54 |
TX | Morris | Daingerfield | 13,048 | 78.29 | 75.41 |
TX | Navarro | Corsicana | 45,124 | 78.63 | 76.38 |
TX | Refugio | Refugio | 7,828 | 81.00 | 77.64 |
TX | Sabine | Hemphill | 10,469 | 78.37 | 76.01 |
TX | Scurry | Snyder | 16,361 | 79.84 | 76.54 |
TX | Shelby | Center | 25,224 | 78.37 | 76.01 |
TX | Wood | Quitman | 36,752 | 79.56 | 76.94 |
UT | Beaver | Beaver | 6,005 | 80.81 | 78.36 |
UT | Millard | Fillmore | 12,405 | 80.81 | 78.36 |
VA | Floyd | Floyd | 13,874 | 81.82 | 79.23 |
VA | Lee | Jonesville | 23,589 | 78.19 | 75.22 |
VA | Patrick | Stuart | 19,407 | 81.82 | 79.23 |
VA | Smyth | Marion | 33,081 | 79.02 | 76.66 |
VA | Staunton | Staunton | 23,853 | 80.48 | 77.97 |
WV | Barbour | Philippi | 15,557 | 78.78 | 75.71 |
WV | Gilmer | Glenville | 7,160 | 78.71 | 75.86 |
WV | Jackson | Ripley | 28,000 | 80.12 | 77.20 |
WV | Lewis | Weston | 16,919 | 78.71 | 75.86 |
WV | Logan | Logan | 37,710 | 75.54 | 73.65 |
WV | Mcdowell | Welch | 27,329 | 74.95 | 72.21 |
WV | Nicholas | Summersville | 26,562 | 78.31 | 76.57 |
WV | Randolph | Elkins | 28,262 | 79.06 | 76.86 |
WV | Taylor | Grafton | 16,089 | 78.78 | 75.71 |
WY | Campbell | Gillette | 33,698 | 80.16 | 77.40 |
WY | Sublette | Pinedale | 5,920 | 79.99 | 77.49 |
WY | Sweetwater | Green River | 37,613 | 79.99 | 77.49 |