The average life expectancy for Massachusetts residents rose in 2016, an increase that stands in contrast to national trends showing declines in how long Americans can expect to live, the Department of Public Health announced Wednesday.

The life expectancy for Bay Staters is 80 years and eight months as of 2016, DPH said in its annual Massachusetts Deaths report, up from 80 years and five months in 2015. Life expectancy was at its highest point -- 80 years and 11 months -- in 2012 and 2013, DPH said, and in 2014 sat at 80 years and five months.

“Massachusetts has worked hard to have near universal health care coverage that promotes health and we consistently rank as one of the healthiest states in the nation. This report shows that working together at both the state and municipal level, and with our health care partners, we can improve the health and well-being of all Massachusetts residents,” Secretary of Health and Human Services Marylou Sudders said.

Nationally, life expectancy dropped for the second time in three years in 2017. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a report earlier this year that a baby born in the United States in 2017 is expected to live 78 years and seven months, down from about 78 years and eight months in 2016. The CDC pegged the decline in life expectancy to increases in deaths from drug overdose and suicide.

In both cases, the 2016 Massachusetts figures and the 2017 national statistics from the CDC were the most recently available.

On average, 156 people in Massachusetts died each day during 2016, including 35 from cancer, 33 from heart disease, 14 from respiratory conditions and 13 from injuries, DPH said. Of the 13 injury deaths each day, on average, seven deaths per day were due to poisoning, a category that includes opioid overdoses.

Overall, 2016 saw 832 fewer deaths in Massachusetts than in 2015 and the age-adjusted mortality rate declined from 684.6 deaths per 100,000 residents in 2015 to 668.9 deaths per 100,000 people in 2016, DPH said. DPH said the death rate declined for Hispanics, white non-Hispanics and Asian non-Hispanics, but increased for black non-Hispanic residents.

Hispanic women had the longest life expectancy in 2016, living to an average age of 89. Black non-Hispanic women and white non-Hispanic women also had life expectancies that were higher than the statewide estimate, at 83 years and seven months and 82 years and 11 months, respectively.

“A major focus for us in public health is closing the gap in health disparities -- and this annual report plays a key role in helping us to shape our prevention efforts so they are targeted where they are most needed to reduce those disparities,” Public Health Commissioner Monica Bharel said.

The leading cause of death in 2016 was cancer, and lung cancer remained the leading cause of all cancer deaths. White non-Hispanic residents had the highest cancer death rate, at 154.3 deaths per 100,000 people, while Hispanic residents had the lowest rate of cancer deaths, 91.7 deaths per 100,000 people.