Life Expectancy by Race/Ethnicity and SES in the Finger Lakes Region (2021)
Finger Lakes Region
The large life expectancy disparity faced by Black Non-Latino residents in the Finger Lakes is present regardless of the socioeconomic status (SES) of the area they live in. At every SES level, Black Non-Latino people had lower life expectancy than their White Non-Latino neighbors. In addition, the effect of living in a higher SES area had less of a positive impact on life expectancy for Black Non-Latino residents than it did for Latinos or White Non-Latinos. Black Non-Latinos living in ZIP codes with high SES had a life expectancy 4 years higher than their counterparts living in ZIP codes with low SES, whereas life expectancy is 8 and 10 years higher for White Non-Latinos and Latinos when comparing residents of ZIP codes with high and low SES.
The life expectancy of a Black Non-Latino living in a high SES ZIP code (72.4 yrs) is lower than the life expectancy of a White Non-Latino living in a low SES ZIP code (72.9).
Methodology note: The SES index ranking was developed by Common Ground Health and calculated using a variety of socioeconomic indicators from the American Community Survey including average income, poverty rates, education levels, housing value, and homeownership. Each ZIP code is assigned a socioeconomic (SES) index ranking from 1 to 5. The lower SES ZIP codes tend to have lower average income, higher poverty rates, lower prevalence of college degrees, etc.
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