QuickStats: Life Expectancy at Birth, by Race* and Sex --- United States, 1970--2007

QuickStats: Life Expectancy at Birth, by Race* and Sex --- United States, 1970--2007
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* Includes Hispanics and non-Hispanics.

During 1970--2007, life expectancy at birth in the United States demonstrated a long-term increasing trend for the total population, for both males and females, and for the black and white populations. In 2007, the disparities in life expectancy for males compared with females and for blacks compared with whites were the smallest ever recorded. Life expectancy at birth was highest for white females (80.8 years), followed by black females (76.8), white males (75.9), and black males (70.0).

Source: Xu J, Kochanek KD, Murphy SL, Tejada-Vera B. Deaths: final data for 2007. Natl Vital Stat Rep 2010;58(19). Available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr58/nvsr58_19.pdf .

Alternate Text: The figure above shows life expectancy at birth, by race and sex in the United States during 1970-2007. In 2007, life expectancy at birth in the United States demonstrated a long-term increasing trend for the total population, for both males and females, and for the black and white populations. In 2007, the disparities in life expectancy for males compared with females and for blacks compared with whites were the smallest ever recorded. Life expectancy at birth was highest for white females (80.8 years); followed by black females (76.8), white males (75.9), and black males (70.0).
QuickStats: Life Expectancy at Birth, by Race* and Sex --- United States, 1970--2007