Life expectancy improved by the tiniest of increments, from 78.6 to 78.7 years. That figure remains lower than the peak in U.S. life expectancy, at 78.9 years, in 2014. In 1998, the United States for the first time fell behind the average life expectancy in peer nations, Woolf said. Life expectancy at birth for females in 2018 remained five years greater than that of males: 81.1 and 76.1, respectively. At the age of 65, men have a life expectancy of 18 additional years and women 20.6.

Source: Washington Post January 30, 2020 04:52 UTC