Editing Perry County, Kentucky (section)

===Life expectancy===
Of 3,142 counties in the United States in 2013, Perry County ranked 3,140 (3rd-from-last) in the life expectancy of both male and female residents. Males in Perry County lived an average of 66.5 years and females lived an average of 73.1 years compared to the national average for longevity of 76.5 for males and 81.2 for females. Moreover, the average longevity in Perry County declined by 0.1 years for males and 2.4 years for females between 1985 and 2013 compared to a national average for the same period of an increased life span of 5.5 years for men and 3.1 years for women. The coal-mining industry, high rates of smoking and obesity and a low level of physical activity appear to be contributing factors to the lowered longevity for both sexes.<ref>"Perry County, Kentucky" [http://www.healthdata.org/sites/default/files/files/county_profiles/US/County_Report_Perry_County_Kentucky.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410110057/http://www.healthdata.org/sites/default/files/files/county_profiles/US/County_Report_Perry_County_Kentucky.pdf|date=April 10, 2016}} accessed October 12, 2016</ref>