Colorado; 'We Live Longer'

Where You Will Live the Longest

According to a Harvard study, the top seven counties for life expectancy are in Colorado.

A few hardcore ski bums might have awakened Tuesday morning and blinked their eyes in disbelief, but Clear Creek County, Co., where I live, ranks first in the U.S. for longevity, according to a Harvard School of Public Health study appearing in the Sept. 12 issue of Public Library of Science Medicine.

In fact, seven Colorado counties are the top seven ranked counties in the nation, all with a life expectancy of 81.3 years. And it hardly seems coincidental that all seven - Clear Creek, Eagle, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Park and Summit - lie either on, near or adjoining the Continental Divide and are spectacularly beautiful.