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Black life expectancy in Delaware

73.80

years at birth

Life expectancy at birth for Black residents of Delaware: 73.8 years (US all-race: 77.5).

US national average: 77.50 years at birth

Primary source: CDC NVSS US Life Tables

What this means for Black residents of Delaware

That figure tracks roughly the US national average of 77.5 years, though the underlying trend and drivers are state-specific.

Life expectancy at birth is the clearest single summary of Black health in Delaware — it integrates infant mortality, chronic-disease mortality, injury/violence mortality, and the long tail of deaths of despair. The Black-white life-expectancy gap widened during COVID-19 and has only partially recovered. The most-actionable state-level levers on this indicator are hypertension and diabetes control (which together drive about a third of the gap by current CDC decomposition), firearm-injury prevention, and maternal/infant mortality (which contributes disproportionately because deaths young weigh more heavily in life-expectancy math than deaths old).

The figures on this page are drawn from CDC NVSS US Life Tables, which is the canonical public dataset for this indicator. See the References section below for supporting citations from MMWR, NEJM, and JAMA where the underlying drivers have been studied.

Policy actions

Policy levers at the state level for this indicator include Medicaid coverage scope, provider workforce investments, and data transparency mandates. The state's health department publishes the specific programs currently funded via its annual state health plan.

Where to get help in Delaware

References & primary sources

  1. Primary dataset: CDC NVSS US Life Tables
  2. Arias E et al. US state life tables. CDC/NCHS. Annual.
  3. CDC NVSS Mortality Reports. CDC NVSS mortality data

Data refreshed:

Where to go next

A number changes nothing on its own. These are the Delaware pages that act on it.

Find a Black doctor in Delaware Our directory of Black clinicians, filtered by specialty, insurance, and city. 13 community health centers in Delaware Sliding-scale fees, uninsured welcome. Compare services and hours before you call. Medicaid in Delaware Who qualifies, how to apply, and what the program covers. Delaware county by county The statewide number hides the counties carrying it. See where you live.

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