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Background
US life tables differ across racial and ethnic groups — 2022 CDC figures span from ~84 years (Asian Americans) to ~68 (American Indian/Alaska Native). These gaps are driven largely by socioeconomic factors, environment, and access to care rather than biology, and much of that is already captured by your other answers — so this optional question applies only a DAMPENED (~1/3) version of the population gap to avoid double counting. It says nothing about you as an individual, and skipping it changes nothing else.
The research
- NCHS / CDC National Vital Statistics 2022 — US life expectancy by race/ethnicity
- Arias et al., NVSR 2022 — provisional life tables