97 US Small Area Life Expectancy Estimates Project (USALEEP)
97.1 Organization
Partnership of NCHS, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)external icon, and the National Association for Public Health Statistics and Information Systems (NAPHSIS)external icon
97.3 Description
- Estimates of life expectancy at birth—the average number of years a person can expect to live—for most of the census tracts in the United States for the period 2010-2015
97.6 Collection Methodology
- Deaths occurring in 2010 through 2015 were geocoded using decedents’ residential addresses to identify and code census tracts
- Population estimates were produced based on the 2010 decennial census and the 2011– 2015 American Community Survey 5-year survey
- A methodology that combined standard demographic techniques and statistical modeling was developed to address challenges posed by small population sizes and small and missing age-specific death counts
- Standard, abridged life table methods were adjusted to account for error introduced by population estimates based on sample data
97.7 Available at
Free for download at https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/usaleep/usaleep.html
97.8 User Guide/Data Dictionary
Documentation available at same website as data download and at https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_02/sr02_181.pdf