Monnat quoted in BuzzFeed article on increase in US life expectancy

January 30, 2020

BuzzFeed News

Shannon Monnat

Sociology Department

Aging Studies Institute

Center for Policy Research

Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Longevity

Rural Issues

United States

BuzzFeed News

Shannon Monnat

"While life expectancy has continued to improve in large highly educated urban hubs, life expectancy declines have been much more pronounced in former industrial cities, much of Appalachia, and in many small towns and cities across America’s heartland," says Shannon Monnat, associate professor of sociology and Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion. She was interviewed for the BuzzFeed News article "US Life Expectancy Has Finally Stopped Declining." 01/30/20