A new University of Hawaiʻi study reveals a striking 19-year difference in life expectancy among Hawaiʻi’s major ethnic groups. The analysis shows that while the state continues to rank among the nation’s healthiest, Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders continue to face the greatest disparities.
Researchers from UH Mānoa’s Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health—Yan Yan Wu, Michael M. Phillips, and Kathryn L. Braun—collaborated with Lance Ching and Claire Prieto from the Hawaiʻi State Department of Health to update Hawaiʻi’s life expectancy trends through 2020. The new report builds on a 2017 UH study that tracked changes from 1950 to 2010.
Life expectancy by group…