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Reviewed 1/16/2024
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<h2>Life expectancy at birth</h2>
See how life expectancy in the U.S. has changed since 1900.
1900
<ul>
 <li>Average: 47.3 years. </li>
 <li>Men: 46.3 years. </li>
 <li>Women: 48.3 years. </li>
</ul>
1950
<ul>
 <li>Average: 68.2 years. </li>
 <li>Men: 65.6 years. </li>
 <li>Women: 71.1 years. </li>
</ul>
1960
<ul>
 <li>Average: 69.7 years. </li>
 <li>Men: 66.6 years. </li>
 <li>Women: 73.1 years. </li>
</ul>
1970
<ul>
 <li>Average: 70.8 years. </li>
 <li>Men: 67.1 years. </li>
 <li>Women: 74.7 years. </li>
</ul>
1980
<ul>
 <li>Average: 73.7 years. </li>
 <li>Men: 70.0 years. </li>
 <li>Women: 77.4 years. </li>
</ul>
1990
<ul>
 <li>Average: 75.4 years. </li>
 <li>Men: 71.8 years. </li>
 <li>Women: 78.8 years. </li>
</ul>
2000
<ul>
 <li>Average: 76.8 years. </li>
 <li>Men: 74.1 years. </li>
 <li>Women: 79.3 years. </li>
</ul>
2010
<ul>
 <li>Average: 78.7 years. </li>
 <li>Men: 76.3 years. </li>
 <li>Women: 81.0 years. </li>
</ul>
2020
<ul>
 <li>Average: 77.0 years. </li>
 <li>Men: 74.2 years. </li>
 <li>Women: 79.9 years. </li>
</ul>
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Sources
<ul>
 <li style="text-align: left;">National Center for Health Statistics. "Health, United States, 2020-2021."<a href="https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/2020-2021/LExpMort.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/2020-2021/LExpMort.pdf</a>.</li>
 <li style="text-align: left;">National Center for Health Statistics. "Mortality in the United States, 2020."<a href="https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db427.htm#section_1" target="_blank">https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db427.htm#section_1</a>.</li>
</ul>

Life expectancy at birth

See how life expectancy in the U.S. has changed since 1900.