Table with row headings in column A and column headings in rows 4 ,,,,,,,, Table 2: Average Life Expectancy at Birth by State for 2000 and Ratio of Estimates and Projections of Deaths: 2001 to 2003,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, State,Life expectancy at birth Total,Life expectancy at birth Male,Life expectancy at birth Female,Ratio of estimates to projections of deaths 2001,Ratio of estimates to projections of deaths 2002,Ratio of estimates to projections of deaths 2003,Ratio of estimates to projections of deaths Average, Alabama,74.6,71.3,77.5,1.0137,1.0155,1.0243,1.01781, Alaska,76.7,74.2,79.1,1.0855,1.0364,1.0000,1.04063, Arizona,77.5,74.7,80.2,1.0013,1.0004,1.0088,1.00350, Arkansas,75.1,72.1,77.9,1.0248,1.0018,0.9958,1.00749, California,78.3,75.9,80.6,0.9987,0.9914,0.9819,0.99070, Colorado,78.4,76.1,80.4,1.0206,1.0275,1.0407,1.02961, Connecticut,78.4,75.7,80.8,1.0172,0.9896,0.9876,0.99812, Delaware,76.6,74.0,78.9,1.0551,1.0419,1.0143,1.03711, District of Columbia,72.6,68.5,76.1,0.9490,0.9754,1.0168,0.98042, Florida,77.5,74.6,80.3,0.9992,0.9910,0.9883,0.99280, Georgia,75.3,72.3,77.8,1.0254,1.0124,0.9979,1.01193, Hawaii,79.8,77.1,82.5,1.0349,1.0558,1.0821,1.05763, Idaho,78.0,75.9,80.2,1.0372,1.0272,1.0102,1.02485 Illinois,76.7,73.9,79.2,0.9980,0.9840,1.0029,0.99495 Indiana,76.2,73.4,78.6,1.0111,0.9959,1.0120,1.00631 Iowa,78.5,75.8,80.8,1.0113,1.0037,1.0303,1.01507 Kansas,77.5,74.9,79.8,1.0352,1.0172,1.0207,1.02438 Kentucky,75.3,72.3,77.9,1.0294,1.0194,1.0204,1.02305 Louisiana,74.4,71.2,77.3,1.0282,1.0122,0.9911,1.01051 Maine,77.6,75.1,80.0,1.0230,1.0260,1.0288,1.02596 Maryland,76.3,73.6,78.8,1.0021,0.9892,0.9924,0.99456 Massachusetts,78.4,75.8,80.7,1.0251,1.0129,1.0111,1.01637 Michigan,76.5,73.9,78.7,1.0105,0.9947,1.0009,1.00201 Minnesota,79.1,76.5,81.3,1.0202,0.9909,0.9926,1.00126 Mississippi,73.7,70.4,76.7,1.0225,1.0002,0.9889,1.00386 Missouri,76.2,73.4,78.7,1.0119,1.0119,1.0323,1.01868 Montana,77.3,74.7,80.0,1.0461,1.0490,1.0826,1.05924 Nebraska,78.3,75.6,80.6,1.0299,1.0439,1.0892,1.05433 Nevada,75.9,73.4,78.7,1.0220,1.0451,1.0443,1.03715 New Hampshire,78.5,75.9,80.7,1.0333,1.0136,1.0050,1.01729 New Jersey,77.5,74.8,79.8,0.9756,0.9876,0.9953,0.98615 New Mexico,77.3,74.4,80.1,0.9956,1.0058,1.0228,1.00804 New York,77.9,75.1,80.2,0.9879,0.9847,1.0024,0.99167 North Carolina,75.8,72.7,78.4,1.0192,0.9944,0.9919,1.00185 North Dakota,78.7,75.8,81.7,1.0448,1.0401,1.0827,1.05588 Ohio,76.4,73.8,78.7,1.0195,1.0019,0.9966,1.00599 Oklahoma,75.3,72.6,77.6,1.0226,1.0233,1.0479,1.03127 Oregon,77.9,75.5,80.0,1.0246,1.0338,1.0630,1.04047 Pennsylvania,76.8,74.0,79.3,1.0117,0.9927,0.9920,0.99884 Rhode Island,78.2,75.5,80.3,1.0076,0.9830,0.9911,0.99392 South Carolina,74.9,71.6,77.9,1.0140,0.9978,1.0002,1.00398 South Dakota,78.0,75.0,80.9,1.0423,1.0158,1.0287,1.02894 Tennessee,75.0,71.8,77.7,1.0214,1.0025,1.0022,1.00873 Texas,76.7,74.1,79.2,1.0031,0.9597,0.9194,0.96073 Utah,78.7,76.5,80.6,1.0198,1.0315,1.0658,1.03905 Vermont,78.2,75.8,80.4,1.0365,1.0096,1.0010,1.01566 Virginia,76.9,74.3,79.1,1.0110,0.9848,0.9765,0.99077 Washington,78.2,75.9,80.5,1.0137,0.9893,0.9829,0.99528 West Virginia,75.0,72.3,77.7,1.0304,0.9977,0.9827,1.00360 Wisconsin,78.1,75.4,80.5,1.0242,1.0079,1.0194,1.01718 Wyoming,77.1,74.9,79.3,1.0597,1.0682,1.0757,1.06788 Footnote:,,,,,,, "U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, Interim State Population Projections, 2005.",,,,,,, "Internet Release Date: April 21, 2005",,,,,,,