Claim: "In 2014 ... in McDowell County, W.Va., one of the poorest counties in the nation, life expectancy for men was 64 years. In Fairfax County, Va., a wealthy county, just 350 miles away, life expectancy was nearly 82 years, an 18 year differential. The life expectancy gap for women in the two counties was 12 years."
Fact-check: Checking Bernie Sanders on life expectancy in W.Va., Va.
Verdict: mostly-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Patrick Orsagos
Date published: 2019-07-18T00:00:00