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 17 more years on average. Women aged 65 years can expect to live around 19.7 more years on average.

Life expectancy in the U.S.

As of 2021, the average life expectancy at birth in the United States was 76.33 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 2019, a woman in the U.S. could be expected to live up to 79.3 years.

Leading causes of death

The leading causes of death in the United States include heart disease, cancer, unintentional injuries, chronic lower respiratory diseases and cerebrovascular diseases. However, heart disease and cancer account for around 38 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 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 3;Income adequacy quintile 2 ...), Age (14 items: At 25 years; At 30 years; At 35 years; At 40 years ...), Sex (3 items: Both sexes; Females; Males ...), Characteristics (3 items: Probability of survival; Low 95% confidence interval; life expectancy; High 95% confidence interval; life expectancy ...).

Life expectancy at age 60, female or male is the average number of years that a female or male at age 60 would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of age 60 were to stay the same throughout her or his life.

Healthy life expectancy (HALE) at age 60 (years)

This dataset contains the state-wise and gender-wise life expectancy at birth as well as at 60 years. Only major states have been considered.

This statistic depicts the average life expectancy at the age of 60 worldwide in 1990 and 2013, by income group. In 2013, a person aged 60 from a high income household had a life expectancy of 23 more years, while a person of the same age from a low income household was expected to live 17 more years.

Average number of years a group of individuals could expect to live at a given age if they are at risk of dying observed at each age in the reference year (or years). The calculation is done over several years in order to have a more stable estimate. Note: The life expectancy of the entity may be influenced by the presence or absence of a rest home in the entity’s territory. Although the calculation includes all the deaths observed over the period, the impact of a few deaths on life expectancy remains greater in a sparsely populated entity. The classification of entities according to their life expectancy should therefore be interpreted with caution.

Taiwan Life Expectancy: Female: Age 60 data was reported at 26.114 Year Old in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 25.880 Year Old for 2016. Taiwan Life Expectancy: Female: Age 60 data is updated yearly, averaging 23.837 Year Old from Dec 1993 (Median) to 2017, with 25 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 26.114 Year Old in 2017 and a record low of 21.130 Year Old in 1993. Taiwan Life Expectancy: Female: Age 60 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of the Interior. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Taiwan – Table TW.G006: Vital Statistics.

In 2022, the life expectancy at birth for women born in the UK was 82.57 years, compared with 78.57 years for men. By age 65 men had a life expectancy of 18.25 years, compared with 20.76 years for women.

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.

Taiwan Life Expectancy: Male: Age 60 data was reported at 22.030 Year Old in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 21.792 Year Old for 2016. Taiwan Life Expectancy: Male: Age 60 data is updated yearly, averaging 20.516 Year Old from Dec 1993 (Median) to 2017, with 25 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 22.030 Year Old in 2017 and a record low of 18.050 Year Old in 1993. Taiwan Life Expectancy: Male: Age 60 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of the Interior. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Taiwan – Table TW.G006: Vital Statistics.

In 2021, 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 2021, a man aged 65 years could be expected to live another 17 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 2021 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 2021.

The leading causes of death among U.S. women The leading causes of death among women in the United States in 2020 were heart disease, cancer, 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 fourth leading cause of death among women, but the seventh leading cause of death overall in the United States.

Life expectancy at age 60 (years)

  Dataset Description

This dataset provides information on 'Life expectancy at age 60' for countries in the WHO African Region. The data is disaggregated by the 'Sex' dimension, allowing for analysis of health inequalities across different population subgroups. Units: years

  Dimensions and Subgroups

Dimension: Sex Available Subgroups: Female, Male

  Data Structure

The dataset is in a wide format.

Index: Year (formatted… See the full description on the dataset page: https://huggingface.co/datasets/electricsheepafrica/life-expectancy-at-age-60by-sex-for-african-countries.

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

This statistic shows life expectancy at ** in the United Kingdom (UK) as forecasted from 2013 to 2060. Life expectancy for males aged 65 is expected to reach **** at the end of the ** year period, while life expectancy for females at age ** is expected to reach ****.

The average number of years that a group of individuals could expect to live at a given age if they are at risk of dying observed at each age during the reference year(s). The calculation is done over several years in order to have a more stable estimate. Note: The entity's life expectancy may be influenced by the presence or absence of a nursing home in the entity's territory. Although the calculation includes all the deaths observed over the selected period, the impact of some deaths on life expectancy remains greater in a sparsely populated entity. The classification of entities according to their life expectancy should therefore be interpreted with caution.

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).

Abstract This study aims to analyze differences in life expectancy with and without multimorbidity (two or more chronic conditions) among older adults in Brazilian states, according to sex and age. Data from the Mortality Information System and population projections from the Brazilian Bureau of Geography and Statistics were used to create life tables for all states by sex. Information on the prevalence of multimorbidity was obtained from the 2013 National Health Survey (PNS). The Sullivan method was used to estimate life expectancy with and without multimorbidity and the proportion of expected life years with multimorbidity. The sample of older adults in the PNS included 11,697 subjects whose mean age was 70.08 years (SD ± 0.09). The proportion of expected years with multimorbidity increases with age (53.6% at age 60, and 57.3% at age 75). Women have higher life expectancy than men, but they live with multimorbidity more years. At age 60, Brazilian women expect to live, on average, 13.5 years with multimorbidity and men 8.3 years. There are major differences in life expectancy with multimorbidity across states – varying from 8.2 to 14.2 years (at age 60). It is important to consider these differences when defining priorities for public policies and public health interventions.

The growth in longevity in Brazil has drawn attention to more useful population health measures to complement mortality. In this paper, we investigate socio-spatial differences in life expectancy and healthy life expectancy based on information from the Brazilian National Health Survey (PNS), 2013 and 2019. A three-stage cluster sampling with stratification of the primary sampling units and random selection in all stages was used in both PNS editions. Healthy life expectancy was estimated by Sullivan’s method by sex, age, and Federated Units (UF). Severe limitations to at least one noncommunicable chronic disease (NCD) or poor self-rated health were used to define the unhealthy state. Inequality indicators and a Principal Component analysis were used to investigate socio-spatial inequalities. From 2013 to 2019, both life expectancy and healthy life expectancy increased. The analysis by UF show larger disparities in healthy life expectancy than in life expectancy, with healthy life expectancy at age 60 varying from 13.6 to 19.9 years, in 2013, and from 14.9 to 20.1, in 2019. Healthy life expectancy in the wealthiest quintile was 20% longer than for those living in the poorest quintile. Wide socio-spatial disparities were found with the worst indicators in the UF located in the North and Northeast regions, whether considering poverty concentration or health care utilization. The socio-spatial inequalities demonstrated the excess burden of poor health experienced by older adults living in the less developed UF. The development of strategies at subnational levels is essential not only to provide equal access to health care but also to reduce risk exposures and support prevention policies for adoption of health behaviors.

Values in parentheses indicate lower and upper bounds of 95% CI.aA combination of high blood glucose, high LDL cholesterol, high blood pressure (directly, and indirectly through high dietary salt intake), and high body mass index.