[Home button] Table 6. Life expectancy at birth by race and sex: United States, 1940, 1950, 1960, and 1970-96 All other All races White Total Black Both Both Both Both Year sexes Male Female sexes Male Female sexes MaleFemale sexes Male Female 1996 76.1 73.1 79.1 76.873.9 79.7 72.6 68.9 76.1 70.2 66.1 74.2 1995 75.8 72.5 78.9 76.5 73.4 79.6 71.9 67.9 75.7 69.6 65.2 73.9 1994 75.7 72.4 79.0 76.5 73.3 79.6 71.7 67.6 75.7 69.5 64.9 73.9 1993 75.5 72.2 78.8 76.3 73.1 79.5 71.5 67.3 75.5 69.2 64.6 73.7 1992 75.8 72.3 79.1 76.5 73.2 79.8 71.8 67.7 75.7 69.6 65.0 73.9 1991 75.5 72.0 78.9 76.3 72.9 79.6 71.5 67.3 75.5 69.3 64.6 73.8 1990 75.4 71.8 78.8 76.1 72.7 79.4 71.2 67.0 75.2 69.1 64.5 73.6 1989 75.1 71.7 78.5 75.9 72.5 79.2 70.9 66.7 74.9 68.8 64.3 73.3 1988 74.9 71.4 78.3 75.6 72.2 78.9 70.8 66.7 74.8 68.9 64.4 73.2 1987 74.9 71.4 78.3 75.6 72.1 78.9 71.0 66.9 75.0 69.1 64.7 73.4 1986 74.7 71.2 78.2 75.4 71.9 78.8 70.9 66.8 74.9 69.1 64.8 73.4 1985 74.7 71.1 78.2 75.3 71.8 78.7 71.0 67.0 74.8 69.3 65.0 73.4 1984 74.7 71.1 78.2 75.3 71.8 78.7 71.1 67.2 74.9 69.5 65.3 73.6 1983 74.6 71.0 78.1 75.2 71.6 78.7 70.9 67.0 74.7 69.4 65.2 73.5 1982 74.5 70.8 78.1 75.1 71.5 78.7 70.9 66.8 74.9 69.4 65.1 73.6 1981 74.1 70.4 77.8 74.8 71.1 78.4 70.3 66.2 74.4 68.9 64.5 73.2 1980 73.7 70.0 77.4 74.4 70.7 78.1 69.5 65.3 73.6 68.1 63.8 72.5 1979 73.9 70.0 77.8 74.6 70.8 78.4 69.8 65.4 74.1 68.5 64.0 72.9 1978 73.5 69.6 77.3 74.1 70.4 78.0 69.3 65.0 73.5 68.1 63.7 72.4 1977 73.3 69.5 77.2 74.0 70.2 77.9 68.9 64.7 73.2 67.7 63.4 72.0 1976 72.9 69.1 76.8 73.6 69.9 77.5 68.4 64.2 72.7 67.2 62.9 71.6 1975 72.6 68.8 76.6 73.4 69.5 77.3 68.0 63.7 72.4 66.8 62.4 71.3 1974 72.0 68.2 75.9 72.8 69.0 76.7 67.1 62.9 71.3 66.0 61.7 70.3 1973 71.4 67.6 75.3 72.2 68.5 76.1 66.1 62.0 70.3 65.0 60.9 69.3 19721 71.2 67.4 75.1 72.0 68.3 75.9 65.7 61.5 70.1 64.7 60.4 69.1 1971 71.1 67.4 75.0 72.0 68.3 75.8 65.6 61.6 69.8 64.6 60.5 68.9 1970 70.8 67.1 74.7 71.7 68.0 75.6 65.3 61.3 69.4 64.1 60.0 68.3 1960 69.7 66.6 73.1 70.6 67.4 74.1 63.6 61.1 66.3 - - - - - - - - - 1950 68.2 65.6 71.1 69.1 66.5 72.2 60.8 59.1 62.9 - - - - - - - - - 1940 62.9 60.8 65.2 64.2 62.1 66.6 53.1 51.5 54.9 - - - - - - - - - - - - Data not available. 1 Deaths based on a 50-percent sample. Suggested citation: Peters KD, Kochanek KD, Murphy SL. Deaths: Final Data for 1996. National vital statistics reports; vol 47 no. 9, p 22. Hyattsville, Maryland: National Center for Health Statistics. 1998. (The NCHS Web site contains instructions to download the AcrobatÆ reader required to view this publication.) About NCHS | News Releases | What's New Publications and Information Products | (CDC) Privacy Policy Notice Coming Events | Data Warehouse | FASTATS A to Z Search | How To... | Other Sites | Employment Frequent Questions | E-mail | Customer Satisfaction Survey Surveys and Data Collection Systems CDC | Text-based Table of Contents [Home button] Updated 12/2/98