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QuickStats: Life Expectancy at Birth, by Race* and Sex --- United
States, 1970--2005
* Races include non-Hispanics and Hispanics.
Life expectancy at birth reached a record high of 77.9 years in 2005 for the total U.S.
population. Disparities in life expectancy at birth remain among the race/sex populations, although all
populations have had increases in life expectancy during the past decade. Additional information regarding
life expectancy is available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/deaths.htm.
Miniño AM, Heron MP, Murphy SL, Kochankek KD. Deaths: final data for 2004. Natl Vital Stat
Rep 2007;55(19).
National Center for Health Statistics. Vital statistics of the United States. 1975 life tables. Hyattsville,
MD: National Center for Health Statistics; 1977. Available at
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/lifetables/life75.pdf.
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