79.0
2024 (latest)
LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH
years at birth, both sexes · 1970–2024 · CDC/NCHS National Vital Statistics
70.8
1970
79.0
high · 2024
70.8
low · 1970
+8.2 yrs
since 1970
┊ dashed lines mark 1979 Oil shock & inflation peak · 1987 Black Monday crash · 1991 Gulf War recession · 2001 Dot-com bust & 9/11 · 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Method & caveats. 1970-1999 annual from US Life Tables 2021 (NVSR 72-12) Table 19; CDC/NCHS. 2000-2018 from Health, United States 2019 Table 4 (curated revised trend; the Socrata dataset is defective at 2003-2004 and was corrected against Table 4); 2011 from NVSR 63-3; 2019-2024 from Data Briefs 395/456/548. 2024 final = 79.0. Table 19 independently confirms 2000-2003 including the 77.2 correction.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr72/nvsr72-12.pdf
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Long-Run-Indicators
Data
| Year | Life Expectancy at Birth | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 79.0 | +0.6 yrs |
| 2023 | 78.4 | +0.9 yrs |
| 2022 | 77.5 | +1.1 yrs |
| 2021 | 76.4 | −0.6 yrs |
| 2020 | 77.0 | −1.8 yrs |
| 2019 | 78.8 | +0.1 yrs |
| 2018 | 78.7 | +0.1 yrs |
| 2017 | 78.6 | −0.1 yrs |
| 2016 | 78.7 | +0.0 yrs |
| 2015 | 78.7 | −0.2 yrs |
| 2014 | 78.9 | +0.1 yrs |
| 2013 | 78.8 | +0.0 yrs |
| 2012 | 78.8 | +0.1 yrs |
| 2011 | 78.7 | +0.0 yrs |
| 2010 | 78.7 | +0.2 yrs |
| 2009 | 78.5 | +0.3 yrs |
| 2008 | 78.2 | +0.1 yrs |
| 2007 | 78.1 | +0.3 yrs |
| 2006 | 77.8 | +0.2 yrs |
| 2005 | 77.6 | +0.0 yrs |
| 2004 | 77.6 | +0.4 yrs |
| 2003 | 77.2 | +0.2 yrs |
| 2002 | 77.0 | +0.0 yrs |
| 2001 | 77.0 | +0.2 yrs |
| 2000 | 76.8 | +0.1 yrs |
| 1999 | 76.7 | +0.0 yrs |
| 1998 | 76.7 | +0.2 yrs |
| 1997 | 76.5 | +0.4 yrs |
| 1996 | 76.1 | +0.3 yrs |
| 1995 | 75.8 | +0.1 yrs |
| 1994 | 75.7 | +0.2 yrs |
| 1993 | 75.5 | −0.3 yrs |
| 1992 | 75.8 | +0.3 yrs |
| 1991 | 75.5 | +0.1 yrs |
| 1990 | 75.4 | +0.3 yrs |
| 1989 | 75.1 | +0.2 yrs |
| 1988 | 74.9 | +0.0 yrs |
| 1987 | 74.9 | +0.2 yrs |
| 1986 | 74.7 | +0.0 yrs |
| 1985 | 74.7 | +0.0 yrs |
| 1984 | 74.7 | +0.1 yrs |
| 1983 | 74.6 | +0.1 yrs |
| 1982 | 74.5 | +0.4 yrs |
| 1981 | 74.1 | +0.4 yrs |
| 1980 | 73.7 | −0.2 yrs |
| 1979 | 73.9 | +0.4 yrs |
| 1978 | 73.5 | +0.2 yrs |
| 1977 | 73.3 | +0.4 yrs |
| 1976 | 72.9 | +0.3 yrs |
| 1975 | 72.6 | +0.6 yrs |
| 1974 | 72.0 | +0.6 yrs |
| 1973 | 71.4 | +0.2 yrs |
| 1972 | 71.2 | +0.1 yrs |
| 1971 | 71.1 | +0.3 yrs |
| 1970 | 70.8 | — |
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