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Life expectancy at birth in the United States, 2020

The life expectancy in the United States fell to 77 years in 2020 from 78.8 years in 2019 (-1.8), according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is the largest annual fall since 1943. These are the first figures Invokely holds for this series, from 1900 to 2020.

30405060708019011919193719551973199120201901: 49.1 years1902: 51.5 years1903: 50.5 years1904: 47.6 years1905: 48.7 years1906: 48.7 years1907: 47.6 years1908: 51.1 years1909: 52.1 years1910: 50 years1911: 52.6 years1912: 53.5 years1913: 52.5 years1914: 54.2 years1915: 54.5 years1916: 51.7 years1917: 50.9 years1918: 39.1 years1919: 54.7 years1920: 54.1 years1921: 60.8 years1922: 59.6 years1923: 57.2 years1924: 59.7 years1925: 59 years1926: 56.7 years1927: 60.4 years1928: 56.8 years1929: 57.1 years1930: 59.7 years1931: 61.1 years1932: 62.1 years1933: 63.3 years1934: 61.1 years1935: 61.7 years1936: 58.5 years1937: 60 years1938: 63.5 years1939: 63.7 years1940: 62.9 years1941: 64.8 years1942: 66.2 years1943: 63.3 years1944: 65.2 years1945: 65.9 years1946: 66.7 years1947: 66.8 years1948: 67.2 years1949: 68 years1950: 68.2 years1951: 68.4 years1952: 68.6 years1953: 68.8 years1954: 69.6 years1955: 69.6 years1956: 69.7 years1957: 69.5 years1958: 69.6 years1959: 69.9 years1960: 69.7 years1961: 70.2 years1962: 70.1 years1963: 69.9 years1964: 70.2 years1965: 70.2 years1966: 70.2 years1967: 70.5 years1968: 70.2 years1969: 70.5 years1970: 70.8 years1971: 71.1 years1972: 71.2 years1973: 71.4 years1974: 72 years1975: 72.6 years1976: 72.9 years1977: 73.3 years1978: 73.5 years1979: 73.9 years1980: 73.7 years1981: 74.1 years1982: 74.5 years1983: 74.6 years1984: 74.7 years1985: 74.7 years1986: 74.7 years1987: 74.9 years1988: 74.9 years1989: 75.1 years1990: 75.4 years1991: 75.5 years1992: 75.8 years1993: 75.5 years1994: 75.7 years1995: 75.8 years1996: 76.1 years1997: 76.5 years1998: 76.7 years1999: 76.7 years2000: 76.8 years2001: 77 years2002: 77 years2003: 77.6 years2004: 77.5 years2005: 77.6 years2006: 77.8 years2007: 78.1 years2008: 78.2 years2009: 78.5 years2010: 78.7 years2011: 78.7 years2012: 78.8 years2013: 78.8 years2014: 78.9 years2015: 78.7 years2016: 78.7 years2017: 78.6 years2018: 78.7 years2019: 78.8 years2020: 77 years30405060708019011941198120202020: 77 years
years. Source: CDC, NCHS: U.S. State Life Expectancy by Sex, 2018 to 2021 (a5a8-jsrq, ncvk-7amm, ss2j-8ajj, it4f-frdc), total. Retrieved 2026-10-09, published 2024-09-11.
2020, years77
Previous, 201978.8
Change-1.8

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). NCHS: U.S. State Life Expectancy by Sex, 2018 to 2021 (a5a8-jsrq, ncvk-7amm, ss2j-8ajj, it4f-frdc), total. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/life-expectancy.htm. Retrieved 2026-10-09. These data are available free from CDC. Use does not imply endorsement by CDC, ATSDR, HHS or the United States Government.
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