Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. 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. life expectancy.) Findings drew from state-specific deaths and population estimates from 2018, supplemented by data for Medicare beneficiaries for those 66 and up.