These tables were issued in 1997 by the National Center for Health Statistics, a unit of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. They show the expectation of life for 1996, and are the most recent figures available.

Life-Expectancy Table

All races, 1996

	Remaining years of life
Age	Both sexes	Male	Female
0	76.1	73.0	79.0
1	75.6	72.6	78.6
5	71.7	68.7	74.7
10	66.8	63.8	69.7
15	61.9	58.9	64.8
20	57.1	54.2	59.9
25	52.4	49.6	55.1
30	47.7	44.9	50.2
35	43.0	40.4	45.4
40	38.4	35.9	40.7
45	33.9	31.5	36.0
50	29.4	27.1	31.5
55	25.2	23.0	27.1
60	21.2	19.2	22.9
65	17.5	15.7	18.9
70	14.1	12.5	15.3
75	11.1	9.8	11.9
80	8.3	7.3	8.9
85	6.1	5.4	6.4

Life-Expectancy Table

White, 1996

	Remaining years of life
Age	Both sexes	Male	Female
0	76.8	73.8	79.6
1	76.2	73.3	79.1
5	72.3	69.4	75.1
10	67.4	64.5	70.2
15	62.4	59.6	65.3
20	57.7	54.8	60.4
25	52.9	50.2	55.5
30	48.1	45.5	50.7
35	43.4	40.9	45.8
40	38.8	36.3	41.0
45	34.2	31.8	36.3
50	29.7	27.5	31.7
55	25.4	23.3	27.3
60	21.3	19.3	23.0
65	17.6	15.8	19.0
70	14.1	12.6	15.3
75	11.1	9.8	12.0
80	8.3	7.3	8.9
85	6.0	5.3	6.3

Life-Expectancy Table

Black, 1996

	Remaining years of life
Age	Both sexes	Male	Female
0	70.3	66.1	74.2
1	70.3	66.2	74.2
5	66.5	62.3	70.3
10	61.6	57.4	65.4
15	56.7	52.6	60.5
20	52.0	48.0	55.7
25	47.4	43.7	50.9
30	42.9	39.3	46.2
35	38.5	35.1	41.6
40	34.2	31.0	37.1
45	30.1	27.1	32.8
50	26.2	23.4	28.6
55	22.4	19.9	24.5
60	18.9	16.7	20.7
65	15.8	13.9	17.2
70	12.8	11.2	14.0
75	10.3	9.0	11.2
80	8.0	7.0	8.5
85	6.0	5.3	6.3

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