The life expectancy for men aged 65 years in the U.S. has gradually increased since the 1960s. Now men in the United States aged 65 can expect to live 18.2 more years on average. Women aged 65 years can expect to live around 20.7 more years on average. Life expectancy in the U.S. As of 2023, the average life expectancy at birth in the United States was 78.39 years. Life expectancy in the U.S. had steadily increased for many years but has recently dropped slightly. Women consistently have a higher life expectancy than men but have also seen a slight decrease. As of 2023, a woman in the U.S. could be expected to live up to 81.1 years. Leading causes of death The leading causes of death in the United States include heart disease, cancer, unintentional injuries, and cerebrovascular diseases. However, heart disease and cancer account for around 42 percent of all deaths. Although heart disease and cancer are the leading causes of death for both men and women, there are slight variations in the leading causes of death. For example, unintentional injury and suicide account for a larger portion of deaths among men than they do among women.

This statistic shows the average life expectancy in North America for those born in 2022, by gender and region. In Canada, the average life expectancy was 80 years for males and 84 years for females.

Life expectancy in North America

Of those considered in this statistic, the life expectancy of female Canadian infants born in 2021 was the longest, at 84 years. Female infants born in America that year had a similarly high life expectancy of 81 years. Male infants, meanwhile, had lower life expectancies of 80 years (Canada) and 76 years (USA).

Compare this to the worldwide life expectancy for babies born in 2021: 75 years for women and 71 years for men. Of continents worldwide, North America ranks equal first in terms of life expectancy of (77 years for men and 81 years for women). Life expectancy is lowest in Africa at just 63 years and 66 years for males and females respectively. Japan is the country with the highest life expectancy worldwide for babies born in 2020.

Life expectancy is calculated according to current mortality rates of the population in question. Global variations in life expectancy are caused by differences in medical care, public health and diet, and reflect global inequalities in economic circumstances. Africa’s low life expectancy, for example, can be attributed in part to the AIDS epidemic. In 2019, around 72,000 people died of AIDS in South Africa, the largest amount worldwide. Nigeria, Tanzania and India were also high on the list of countries ranked by AIDS deaths that year. Likewise, Africa has by far the highest rate of mortality by communicable disease (i.e. AIDS, neglected tropics diseases, malaria and tuberculosis).

This table contains 2394 series, with data for years 1991 - 1991 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 items: Canada ...), Population group (19 items: Entire cohort; Income adequacy quintile 1 (lowest);Income adequacy quintile 2;Income adequacy quintile 3 ...), Age (14 items: At 25 years; At 30 years; At 40 years; At 35 years ...), Sex (3 items: Both sexes; Females; Males ...), Characteristics (3 items: Life expectancy; High 95% confidence interval; life expectancy; Low 95% confidence interval; life expectancy ...).

The life expectancy of men at birth in the United States stood at 75.8 years in 2023. Between 1960 and 2023, the life expectancy rose by 9.2 years, though the increase followed an uneven trajectory rather than a consistent upward trend.

Life expectancy at birth and at age 65, by sex, on a three-year average basis.

From the mid-19th century until today, life expectancy at birth in the United States has roughly doubled, from 39.4 years in 1850 to 79.6 years in 2025. It is estimated that life expectancy in the U.S. began its upward trajectory in the 1880s, largely driven by the decline in infant and child mortality through factors such as vaccination programs, antibiotics, and other healthcare advancements. Improved food security and access to clean water, as well as general increases in living standards (such as better housing, education, and increased safety) also contributed to a rise in life expectancy across all age brackets. There were notable dips in life expectancy; with an eight year drop during the American Civil War in the 1860s, a seven year drop during the Spanish Flu empidemic in 1918, and a 2.5 year drop during the Covid-19 pandemic. There were also notable plateaus (and minor decreases) not due to major historical events, such as that of the 2010s, which has been attributed to a combination of factors such as unhealthy lifestyles, poor access to healthcare, poverty, and increased suicide rates, among others. However, despite the rate of progress slowing since the 1950s, most decades do see a general increase in the long term, and current UN projections predict that life expectancy at birth in the U.S. will increase by another nine years before the end of the century.

This table contains mortality indicators by sex for Canada and all provinces except Prince Edward Island. These indicators are derived from three-year complete life tables. Mortality indicators derived from single-year life tables are also available (table 13-10-0837). For Prince Edward Island, Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, mortality indicators derived from three-year abridged life tables are available (table 13-10-0140).

In 2022 life expectancy for both males and females at birth fell when compared to 2021. Male life expectancy fell from 78.71 years to 78.57 years, and from 82.68 years to 82.57 years for women. Throughout most of this period, there is a steady rise in life expectancy for both males and females, with improvements in life expectancy beginning to slow in the 2010s and then starting to decline in the 2020s. Life expectancy since the 18th Century Although there has been a recent dip in life expectancy in the UK, long-term improvements to life expectancy stretch back several centuries. In 1765, life expectancy was below 39 years, and only surpassed 40 years in the 1810s, 50 years by the 1910s, 60 years by the 1930s and 70 by the 1960s. While life expectancy has broadly improved since the 1700s, this trajectory was interrupted at various points due to wars and diseases. In the early 1920s, for example, life expectancy suffered a noticeable setback in the aftermath of the First World War and Spanish Flu Epidemic. Impact of COVID-19 While improvements to UK life expectancy stalled during the 2010s, it wasn't until the 2020s that it began to decline. The impact of COVID-19 was one of the primary factors in this respect, with 2020 seeing the most deaths in the UK since 1918. The first wave of the pandemic in Spring of that year was a particularly deadly time, with weekly death figures far higher than usual. A second wave that winter saw a peak of almost 5,700 excess deaths a week in late January 2021, with excess deaths remaining elevated for several years afterward.

In 2023, a woman in the United States aged 65 years could expect to live another **** years on average. This number decreased in the years 2020 and 2021, after reaching a high of **** years in 2019. Nevertheless, the life expectancy of a woman aged 65 years in the United States is still higher than that of a man of that age. In 2023, a man aged 65 years could be expected to live another 18.2 years on average. Why has the life expectancy in the U.S. declined? Overall, life expectancy in the United States has declined in recent years. In 2019, the life expectancy for U.S. women was **** years, but by 2023 it had decreased to **** years. Likewise, the life expectancy for men decreased from **** years to **** years in the same period. The biggest contributors to this decline in life expectancy are the COVID-19 pandemic and the opioid epidemic. Although deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic have decreased significantly since 2022, deaths from opioid overdose continue to increase, reaching all-time highs in 2022. The leading causes of death among U.S. women The leading causes of death among women in the United States in 2022 were heart disease, cancer, stroke, and COVID-19. That year, heart disease and cancer accounted for a combined **** percent of all deaths among women, while around *** percent of deaths were due to COVID-19. The overall leading causes of death in the United States generally reflect the leading causes among women, with some slight variations. For example, Alzheimer’s disease is the ***** leading cause of death among women but the ******* leading cause of death overall in the United States.

Actual value and historical data chart for South Africa Life Expectancy At Birth Male Years

In 2023, the life expectancy at birth for women born in the UK was 82.77 years, compared with 78.82 years for men. By age 65 men had a life expectancy of 18.51 years, compared with 20.96 years for women.

Number of deaths and mortality rates, by age group, sex, and place of residence, 1991 to most recent year.

This statistic shows the average life expectancy in Europe for those born in 2024, by gender and region. The average life expectancy in Western Europe was 79 years for males and 84 years for females in 2024. Additional information on European life expectancy The difference in life expectancy seen between men and women across all European regions is in line with the global trends of women outliving men, on average. The average life expectancy at birth worldwide by income group shows that the gender life expectancy gap is not only a consistent trend across countries, but also income groups. Moreover, the higher life expectancy for those in high income groups may help to explain the lower average life expectancy for those born in Eastern Europe where average incomes are generally lower than other European regions. Although income and length of life are not directly correlated, higher income individuals are generally able to afford access to superior nutrition and healthcare as well as having leisure time for exercise. That said, current trends in the increases in life expectancy worldwide by country between 1970 and 2017 suggest economic growth will lead to larger increases in life expectancy. Those increases are less likely to occur to such a degree in the more developed regions of Europe where Italy, Spain, France, Switzerland, Iceland and Austria all rank in the top 20 countries with the highest life expectancy.

Male life expectancy at birth fell in all four countries of the United Kingdom in 2020-22 when compared with 2019/21. English men had a life expectancy of 78.83, compared with 76.52 in Scotland, 77.93 in Wales and 78.43 in Northern Ireland. In both England and Wales, life expectancy ticked up for the period 2021/23.

US Age-Standardized Stroke Mortality Rates (2013-15) by State/County/Gender/Race

Investigating Variations in Rates

By US Open Data Portal, data.gov [source]

About this dataset

This dataset contains the age-standardized stroke mortality rate in the United States from 2013 to 2015, by state/territory, county, gender and race/ethnicity. The data source is the highly respected National Vital Statistics System. The rates are reported as a 3-year average and have been age-standardized. Moreover, county rates are spatially smoothed for further accuracy. The interactive map of heart disease and stroke produced by this dataset provides invaluable information about the geographic disparities in stroke mortality across America at different scales - county, state/territory and national. By using the adjustable filter settings provided in this interactive map, you can quickly explore demographic details such as gender (Male/Female) or race/ethnicity (e.g Non-Hispanic White). Conquer your fear of unknown with evidence! Investigate these locations now to inform meaningful action plans for greater public health resilience in America and find out if strokes remain a threat to our millions of citizens every day! Updated regularly since 2020-02-26, so check it out now!

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How to use the dataset

The US Age-Standardized Stroke Mortality Rates (2013-2015) by State/County/Gender/Race dataset provides valuable insights into stroke mortality rates among adults ages 35 and over in the USA between 2013 and 2015. This dataset contains age-standardized data from the National Vital Statistics System at the state, county, gender, and race level. Use this guide to learn how best use this dataset for your purposes!

Understand the Data

This dataset provides information about stroke mortality rates among adult Americans aged 35+. The data is collected from 2013 to 2015 in three year averages. Even though it is possible to view county level data, spatial smoothing techniques have been applied here. The following columns of data are provided: - Year – The year of the data collection - LocationAbbr – The abbreviation of location where the data was collected
- LocationDesc – A description of this location
- GeographicLevel – Geographic level of granularity where these numbers are recorded * DataSource - source of these statistics * Class - class or group into which these stats fall * Topic - overall topic on which we have stats * Data_Value - age standardized value associated with each row * Data_Value_Unit - units associated with each value * Stratification1– First stratification defined for a given row * Stratification2– Second stratification defined for a given row

Additionally, several other footnotes fields such as ‘Data_value_Type’; ‘Data_Value_Footnote _Symbol’; ‘StratificationCategory1’ & ‘StratificatoinCategory2’ etc may be present accordingly .  

## Exploring Correlations

Now that you understand what individual columns mean it should take no time to analyze correlations within different categories using standard statistical methods like linear regressions or boxplots etc. If you want to compare different regions , then you can use LocationAbbr column with locations reduced geographical levels such as State or Region. Alternatively if one wants comparisons across genders then they can refer column labelled Stratifacation1 alongwith their desired values within this

Research Ideas

• Creating a visualization to show the relationship between stroke mortality and specific variations in race/ethnicity, gender, and geography.
• Comparing two or more states based on their average stroke mortality rate over time.
• Building a predictive model that disregards temporal biases to anticipate further changes in stroke mortality for certain communities or entire states across the US

Acknowledgements

If you use this dataset in your research, please credit the original authors. Data Source

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The life expectancy experiences significant growth in all gender groups in 2023. As part of the positive trend, the life expectancy reaches the maximum value for the different genders at the end of the comparison period. Particularly noteworthy is the life expectancy of women at birth, which has the highest value of 79.11 years. Life expectancy at birth refers to the number of years the average newborn is expected to live, providing that mortality patterns at the time of birth do not change thereafter.Find further similar statistics for other countries or regions like Gabon and Grenada.

People in different subgroups age at different rates. Surveys containing biomarkers can be used to assess these subgroup differences. We illustrate this using hand-grip strength to produce an easily interpretable, physical-based measure that allows us to compare characteristic-based ages across educational subgroups in the United States. Hand-grip strength has been shown to be a good predictor of future mortality and morbidity, and therefore a useful indicator of population aging. Data from the Health and Retirement Survey (HRS) were used. Two education subgroups were distinguished, those with less than a high school diploma and those with more education. Regressions on hand-grip strength were run for each sex and race using age and education, their interactions and other covariates as independent variables. Ages of identical mean hand-grip strength across education groups were compared for people in the age range 60 to 80. The hand-grip strength of 65 year old white males with less education was the equivalent to that of 69.6 (68.2, 70.9) year old white men with more education, indicating that the more educated men had aged more slowly. This is a constant characteristic age, as defined in the Sanderson and Scherbov article “The characteristics approach to the measurement of population aging” published 2013 in Population and Development Review. Sixty-five year old white females with less education had the same average hand-grip strength as 69.4 (68.2, 70.7) year old white women with more education. African-American women at ages 60 and 65 with more education also aged more slowly than their less educated counterparts. African American men with more education aged at about the same rate as those with less education. This paper expands the toolkit of those interested in population aging by showing how survey data can be used to measure the differential extent of aging across subpopulations.

This dataset documents rates and trends in local hypertension-related cardiovascular disease (CVD) death rates. Specifically, this report presents county (or county equivalent) estimates of hypertension-related CVD death rates in 2000-2019 and trends during two intervals (2000-2010, 2010-2019) by age group (ages 35–64 years, ages 65 years and older), race/ethnicity (non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaska Native, non-Hispanic Asian/Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic Black, Hispanic, non-Hispanic White), and sex (female, male). The rates and trends were estimated using a Bayesian spatiotemporal model and a smoothed over space, time, and demographic group. Rates are age-standardized in 10-year age groups using the 2010 US population. Data source: National Vital Statistics System.

In 2022, a newborn Hispanic child in the United States had a projected life expectancy of 80 years. In comparison, the life expectancy at birth for a Asian, non-Hispanic child in 2022 was 84.4 years, the highest life expectancy among the ethnic groups studied.

Information about the rates of cancer deaths in each state is reported. The data shows the total rate as well as rates based on sex, age, and race. Rates are also shown for three specific kinds of cancer: breast cancer, colorectal cancer, and lung cancer.

Original Data

Column Description

Key	List of...	Comment	Example Value
State	String	The name of a U.S. State (e.g., Virginia)	"Alabama"
Total.Rate	Float	Total Cancer Deaths (Rate per 100,000 Population, 2007-2013) 214.2	214.2
Total.Number	Float	Total Cancer Deaths (2007-2013)	71529.0
Total.Population	Float	Cumulative Population (Denominator Total_Cancer deaths total_) 2007-2013	33387205.0
Rates.Age.< 18	Float	Total Cancer Deaths (Under 18 Years, Rate per 100,000 Population, 2007-2013)	2.0
Rates.Age.18-45	Float	Total Cancer Deaths (18 to 44 Years, Rate per 100,000 Population, 2007-2013)	18.5
Rates.Age.45-64	Float	Total Cancer Deaths (45 to 64 Years, Rate per 100,000 Population, 2007-2013)	244.7
Rates.Age.> 64	Float	Total Cancer Deaths (65 Years and Over, Rate per 100,000 Population, 2007-2013)	1017.8
Rates.Age and Sex.Female.< 18	Float	Female under 18	2.0
Rates.Age and Sex.Male.< 18	Float	Male under 18	2.1
Rates.Age and Sex.Female.18 - 45	Float	Female 18 - 45	20.1
Rates.Age and Sex.Male.18 - 45	Float	Male 18 - 45	16.8
Rates.Age and Sex.Female.45 - 64	Float	Female 45 to 64 Years	201.0
Rates.Age and Sex.Male.45 - 64	Float	Male 45 to 64 Years	291.5
Rates.Age and Sex.Female.> 64	Float	Female 65 Years and Over	803.6
Rates.Age and Sex.Male.> 64	Float	Male 65 Years and Over	1308.6
Rates.Race.White	Float	Total Cancer Deaths (White, Rate per 100,000 Population, 2007-2013)	186.1
Rates.Race.White non-Hispanic	Float	Total Cancer Deaths (White non-Hispanic, Rate per 100,000 Population, 2007-2013)	187.5
Rates.Race.Black	Float	Total Cancer Deaths (Black or African American, Rate per 100,000 Population, 2007-2013)	216.1
Rates.Race.Asian	Float	Total Cancer Deaths (Asian or Pacific Islander, Rate per 100,000 Population, 2007-2013)	81.3
Rates.Race.Indigenous	Float	Total Cancer Deaths (American Indian or Alaska Native, Rate per 100,000 Population, 2007-2013)	69.9
Rates.Race and Sex.Female.White	Float	Female: White	149.2
Rates.Race and Sex.Female.White non-Hispanic	Float	Female: White non-Hispanic	150.2
Rates.Race and Sex.Female.Black	Float	Female: Black or African American	167.2
Rates.Race and Sex.Female.Black non-Hispanic	Float	Female: Black or African American non-Hispanic	167.9
Rates.Race and Sex.Female.Asian	Float	Female: Asian or Pacific Islander	84.9
Rates.Race and Sex.Female.Indigenous	Float	Female: American Indian or Alaska Native	53.8
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