24/7 Tempo identifies Rocky Mount, NC as the state's city with the shortest life expectancy (74.03 years) due to low exercise rates and insufficient sleep.

24/7 Tempo identified Rocky Mount, North Carolina as the city with the shortest life expectancy in the state, at 74.03 years, lower than the state average of 77.68. The report attributes this to 26.7% of Rocky Mount residents not exercising regularly and 35.8% of adults getting less than 7 hours of sleep per night. Life expectancy data was sourced from County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, a collaboration between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute.

June 24, 2024
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