A couple dances during a live music concert in the historic Plaza in Santa Fe, New Mexico. (Photo by Robert Alexander/Getty Images) Americans born in southern states faced the lowest life expectancies in 2018, according to a new report issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).The findings, published in the National Vital Statistics Reports on Thursday, offer a hypothetical "snapshot" of mortality estimates assuming populations will face the same conditions as they did in 2018. (It's worth noting, however, that separate research has since estimated that the coronavirus pandemic inflicted a 1.22-year cut in the average U.S.