QuickStats: Life Expectancy at Birth, by Sex — United States, 2019–2022
Weekly / April 4, 2024 / 73(13);293
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Life expectancy at birth for the U.S. population in 2022 was 77.5 years, an increase from 76.4 years in 2021. Although life expectancy rose in 2022 for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, it remains lower compared with prepandemic life expectancy in 2019 (78.8 years). This pattern was similar for males and females.
Supplementary Table: https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/151563
Sources: National Vital Statistics System, United States Life Tables, 2021 (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr72/nvsr72-12.pdf); Mortality in the United States, 2022 (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db492.htm).
Reported by: Arialdi M. Miniño, MPH, AMinino@cdc.gov; Jiaquan Xu, MD.
Suggested citation for this article: QuickStats: Life Expectancy at Birth, by Sex — United States, 2019–2022. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2024;73:293. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7313a5.
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