text: 65 for Native Alaskans...74 for Non-Native Alaskans....but as you may know the lower life expectancy for Native people had to do with (and still does) the rural life they lead....rural people, worldwide, have shorter lives partly do to the accident rates of rural living and in AK, substance abuse (alcohol/ snuff) also leads to shorter lives as does obesity.....these are the problems in rural AK for whites and natives alike.
  
  2004...Natives 70 yrs.....non-native Alaskans 77 yrs...so there is progress....in lifestyle choices & in less dangerous pursuits....chopping wood...hunting...boating...camping away from a health clinic...etc.
  
  It's not the water....no matter how much you wish it was....one of the men that would NEVER drink city water died in his 50's....he was crushed by a large truck when they were moving houses w/ big equipment to make room for a bigger airport....which is typical work in rural AK....the % of people who have "city like" jobs inside buildings is much less.