Editing Kansas (section)

===Life expectancy===
The residents of Kansas have a life expectancy near the U.S. national average. In 2013, males in Kansas lived an average of 76.6 years compared to a male national average of 76.7 years and females lived an average of 81.0 years compared to a female national average of 81.5 years. Increases in life expectancy between 1980 and 2013 were below the national average for males and near the national average for females. Male life expectancy in Kansas between 1980 and 2014 increased by an average of 5.2 years, compared to a male national average of a 6.7-year increase. Life expectancy for females in Kansas between 1980 and 2014 increased by 4.3 years, compared to a female national average of a 4.0 year increase.<ref>{{cite web |title=US Health Map |url=https://vizhub.healthdata.org/subnational/usa |website=Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation |publisher=University of Washington |access-date=December 27, 2020 |archive-date=December 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201223175609/https://vizhub.healthdata.org/subnational/usa |url-status=live }}</ref>

Using 2017–2019 data, the [[Robert Wood Johnson Foundation]] calculated that life expectancy for Kansas counties ranged from 75.8 years for [[Wyandotte County, Kansas|Wyandotte County]] to 81.7 years for [[Johnson County, Kansas|Johnson County]]. Life expectancy for the state as a whole was 78.5 years.<ref name="Robert Wood Johnson">{{cite web |title=Kansas: Life Expectancy |url=https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/app/kansas/2021/rankings/outcomes/1 |website=Robert Wood Johnson Foundation |access-date=December 28, 2020 |archive-date=June 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628134449/https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/app/kansas/2021/rankings/outcomes/1 |url-status=live }}</ref> Life expectancy for the United States as a whole in 2019 was 78.8 years.<ref name="Mortality">{{cite web |title=Mortality in the United States, 2019 |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db395-H.pdf |website=Centers for Disease Control |access-date=June 25, 2021 |archive-date=November 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110091332/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db395-H.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>