US Life Expectancy Reaches Record High

Posted on 2009-12-25 06:00:00 in Demographics | Longevity |

The U.S. life expectancy in 2007 was the highest in recorded history, reaching 77.9 years (or about 77 years and 11 months), according to a December 2009 report from the US National Vital Statistics System.  Since 2000, life expectancy has increased by 1.4% (or 1.1 years) for the general population (76.8 to 77.9 years), by 1.6% for males, and by 1.4%.  In 2007, the age-adjusted death rate for the United States reached a record low of 760.3 per 100,000 population.  With these increases, life expectancy at age 65 was 18.6 years in 2007, representing an increase of 6% since 2000. 

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Arialdi M. Minino, Jiaquan Xu, Kenneth D. Kochanek, 'Betzaida Tejada-Vera.  “Death in the United States, 2007,”  US National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Data Brief, Number 26, December 2009; http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db26.htm.

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