This dataset provides estimates for life expectancy at birth at the county level for each state, the District of Columbia, and the United States as a whole for 1980-2014, as well as the changes in life expectancy and mortality risk for each location during this period.

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.

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.

Period life expectancy by age and sex. Each life table is based on population estimates, births and deaths for a single year.

Between 1980 and 2022, life expectancy at 65 has increased for males and females in the United Kingdom. For men life expectancy has grown by around 5.29 years, while for women it has increased by about 3.85 years.

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.

IntroductionAdult male and female mortality declines in Japan have been slower than in most high-income countries since the early 1990s. This study compares Japan’s recent life expectancy trends with the more favourable trends in Australia, measures the contribution of age groups and causes of death to differences in these trends, and places the findings in the context of the countries’ risk factor transitions.MethodsThe study utilises data on deaths by age, sex and cause in Australia and Japan from 1950–2016 from the Global Burden of Disease Study. A decomposition method measures the contributions of various ages and causes to the male and female life expectancy gap and changes over four distinct phases during this period. Mortality differences by cohort are also assessed.FindingsJapan’s two-year male life expectancy advantage over Australia in the 1980s closed in the following 20 years. The trend was driven by ages 45–64 and then 65–79 years, and the cohort born in the late 1940s. Over half of Australia’s gains were from declines in ischaemic heart disease (IHD) mortality, with lung cancer, chronic respiratory disease and self-harm also contributing substantially. Since 2011 the trend has reversed again, and in 2016 Japan had a slightly higher male life expectancy. The advantage in Japanese female life expectancy widened over the period to 2.3 years in 2016. The 2016 gap was mostly from differential mortality at ages 65 years and over from IHD, chronic respiratory disease and cancers.ConclusionsThe considerable gains in Australian male life expectancy from declining non-communicable disease mortality are attributable to a range of risk factors, including declining smoking prevalence due to strong public health interventions. A recent reversal in life expectancy trends could continue because Japan has greater scope for further falls in smoking and far lower levels of obesity. Japan’s substantial female life expectancy advantage however could diminish in future because it is primarily due to lower mortality at old ages.

In 1970, women born in the U.S. could expect to live for 1.3 years more than women in the Soviet Union, and men in the U.S. could expect to live for 2.7 years longer than their Soviet counterparts. U.S. figures would steadily increase over the following decade, whereas the economic decline of the Soviet Union would see life expectancy fall by two years for men and 0.8 years for women. In 1980, the difference in life expectancy from birth between the two countries was 7.5 years for men, and 4.8 years for women. This difference has largely been attributed to an increase in alcohol and substance abuse and accidental deaths among males in the Soviet Union, as well as more accurate reporting methods in the Soviet Union (suggesting that early figures may no be fully representational). Although Soviet life expectancy did increase in the 1980s, the gap between life expectancy there and in the U.S. remained significantly larger than in 1970, and this trend continued well into the 1990s and early-2000s as the post-Soviet states adjusted to the socio-economic impact of the Union's dissolution.

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Female life expectancy at birth fell in all four countries of the United Kingdom in 2020-22 when compared with 2019/21. English women had a life expectancy of 82.83, compared with 80.73 in Scotland, 81.82 in Wales and 82.26 in Northern Ireland. In both England and Wales, life expectancy ticked up for the period 2021/23.

Period life expectancy by age and sex for 1980 to 2023 for England, Wales (and combined), Scotland, Northern Ireland, Great Britain, and the UK. Each life table is based on population estimates, births and deaths for a single year.

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

Panama PA: Life Expectancy at Birth data was reported at 82.500 Year in 2050. This records an increase from the previous number of 82.400 Year for 2049. Panama PA: Life Expectancy at Birth data is updated yearly, averaging 78.500 Year from Jun 1980 (Median) to 2050, with 71 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 82.500 Year in 2050 and a record low of 69.900 Year in 1980. Panama PA: Life Expectancy at Birth data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by US Census Bureau. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Panama – Table PA.US Census Bureau: Demographic Projection.

Philippines PH: Life Expectancy at Birth data was reported at 74.700 Year in 2050. This records an increase from the previous number of 74.600 Year for 2049. Philippines PH: Life Expectancy at Birth data is updated yearly, averaging 69.000 Year from Jun 1980 (Median) to 2050, with 71 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 74.700 Year in 2050 and a record low of 62.200 Year in 1980. Philippines PH: Life Expectancy at Birth data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by US Census Bureau. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Philippines – Table PH.US Census Bureau: Demographic Projection.

This dataset provides estimates for mortality risk at the county level for each state, the District of Columbia, and the United States as a whole for 1980-2014, as well as the changes in life expectancy and mortality risk for each location during this period.

Dominican Republic DO: Life Expectancy at Birth data was reported at 78.700 Year in 2050. This records an increase from the previous number of 78.500 Year for 2049. Dominican Republic DO: Life Expectancy at Birth data is updated yearly, averaging 70.300 Year from Jun 1980 (Median) to 2050, with 71 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 78.700 Year in 2050 and a record low of 65.500 Year in 1980. Dominican Republic DO: Life Expectancy at Birth data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by US Census Bureau. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Dominican Republic – Table DO.US Census Bureau: Demographic Projection.

Mexico MX: Life Expectancy at Birth data was reported at 81.100 Year in 2050. This records an increase from the previous number of 81.000 Year for 2049. Mexico MX: Life Expectancy at Birth data is updated yearly, averaging 75.700 Year from Jun 1980 (Median) to 2050, with 71 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 81.100 Year in 2050 and a record low of 65.800 Year in 1980. Mexico MX: Life Expectancy at Birth data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by US Census Bureau. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mexico – Table MX.US Census Bureau: Demographic Projection.

This table represents five variants of health expectancies: -life expectancy in perceived good health. -life expectancy without physical limitations. -life expectancy without chronic morbidity. -life expectancy in good mental health. -life expectancy without GALI-limitations In addition, figures of 'normal' life expectancy are included, so the figures of health expectancy can be related to them. In the table, the data on health expectancy can be split into the following characteristics: -sex (starting from the data of 2018, the category ‘total, men + women’ is added). -age.

Using this table one can see the developments over time of health expectancies. For example it can be seen that morbidity free life expectancy of women shortened during the eighties and nineties. In the same period the life expectancy free of moderate and severe limitations of men increased.

Data available from: 1981

Status of the figures: The figures in this table are definitive.

Changes as of 15 July 2021: The figures of 2020 are added.

When will new figures be published? Third quarter of 2022.

Morocco Vital Statistics: Life Expectancy Rate: Female data was reported at 77.400 % in 2015. This records an increase from the previous number of 76.400 % for 2014. Morocco Vital Statistics: Life Expectancy Rate: Female data is updated yearly, averaging 73.200 % from Dec 1980 (Median) to 2015, with 21 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 77.400 % in 2015 and a record low of 60.200 % in 1980. Morocco Vital Statistics: Life Expectancy Rate: Female data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by High Commission for Planning. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Morocco – Table MA.G006: Vital Statistics.

In 1970, life expectancy at birth in the Soviet Union and United States was fairly similar, at 69.3 and 70.8 years respectively; a difference of 1.5 years. As the decades progressed, however, this difference widened. While improvements in the recording of such statistics in the Soviet Union gave a more reliable picture of life expectancy across the region, especially in Central Asia and rural areas, the largest influence was due to the side-effects of deteriorating economic conditions. As lifestyles and medical care in the U.S. steadily improved, the decline in life expectancy the USSR was largely due to preventable causes, particularly alcoholism and accidental deaths among the male population. By 1985, life expectancy in the U.S. was 6.3 years higher than in the Soviet Union.

When looking at each gender, life expectancy among women in the U.S. in 1985 was seven years higher than men, whereas there was a difference of almost 10 years in the USSR. Women in the U.S. could also expect to live for five years longer than their Soviet counterparts in this year, while life expectancy among men in the U.S. was eight years higher than in the USSR. Overall, the gap between the two countries narrowed in the late 1980s as the Soviet Union's existence came to an end, however, this gap then grew even larger throughout most of the 1990s and early-2000s, and the post-Soviet states continue to deal with the social and economic legacy of Soviet dissolution on their respective demographics thirty years later.