Data / Life expectancy at birth / North Carolina

Life expectancy at birth in North Carolina

Life expectancy at birth in North Carolina was 74.9 years in 2021, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That is down 1.2 from 2020. That is the 36th highest of 51 states in 2021.

Rankings

• Countries by life expectancy 215 places
• EU countries by life expectancy 27 places
• US states by life expectancy 51 places

Definition

Average number of years a newborn would live at current age-specific mortality, both sexes.

United States: NCHS period life tables. National figures from 1900 to 1932 cover only the states then in the death registration area. State figures are available for 2018 to 2021.

How to cite

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.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

What is the latest life expectancy in North Carolina? Cite the source.

get_value {"indicator":"life_expectancy","place":"us-state-37"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/value?indicator=life_expectancy&place=us-state-37

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

More statistics for North Carolina

• Adult obesity rate
• Adult cigarette smoking rate
• Asian population share
• Bachelor's degree or higher, population 25 and over
• Live births, July to June
• Black or African American population share
• Business applications
• Crude birth rate, July to June
• Crude death rate, July to June
• Deaths, July to June
• Drug overdose deaths, 12 months ending
• Employment-population ratio
• Foreign-born population share
• Real GDP growth
• GDP per capita, US dollars
• Gross domestic product (GDP), US dollars
• Hispanic or Latino population share
• Homeownership rate (US, housing units)
• House prices, annual change
• US house price index, Q1 1991 = 100
• Labor force participation rate
• Median age
• Median gross rent (monthly)
• Median home value
• Median household income
• Per capita personal income
• Population
• Population aged 65 and over
• Population density
• Poverty rate (US official measure)
• Cost of living (regional price parity)
• Unemployment rate
• White (non-Hispanic) population share

All statistics for North Carolina