Life Expectancy Trend by Race/Ethnicity in the Finger Lakes Region

A long-troubling pattern in the Finger Lakes region has been the health outcomes disparity for residents based on race and ethnicity. This is shown in a stark fashion here. Until 2015, the life expectancy gap between Black Non-Latino residents and those of other racial and ethnic groups was slowly closing. In recent years, the impact of COVID, homicide, and drug overdoses have impacted the Black Non-Latino population more than other groups, leading to a 5.8 year drop in life expectancy from 2018 to 2021. This drop has led to an increase in the disparity between Black Non-Latinos and other groups to be the largest since 2000. In this same time period, White Non-Latinos were the least affected, losing only 1.4 years of life expectancy while the Latino community has lost 4.1 years.