Table V.A3.--Period Life Expectancies 1
Calendar Years 1940-2003
Historical Period

At birth
At age 65
Calendar
year
Male
 Female
Male
 Female
1940 61.4 65.7
11.9 13.4
1941 61.9 66.5
12.2 13.8
1942 62.6 67.4
12.4 14.1
1943 62.3 67.1
12.1 13.7
1944 62.7 67.8
12.5 14.1
1945 62.9 68.4
12.6 14.4
1946 64.3 69.2
12.9 14.6
1947 64.6 69.7
12.6 14.5
1948 64.8 70.2
12.7 14.7
1949 65.3 70.7
12.8 14.9
1950 65.6 71.1
12.8 15.1
1951 65.7 71.4
12.8 15.2
1952 65.8 71.6
13.0 15.3
1953 66.0 72.0
12.9 15.3
1954 66.7 72.8
13.2 15.8
1955 66.7 72.8
13.1 15.6
1956 66.7 72.9
13.0 15.7
1957 66.5 72.7
12.9 15.6
1958 66.6 72.9
12.9 15.7
1959 66.8 73.2
13.1 15.9
1960 66.7 73.2
12.9 15.9
1961 67.1 73.6
13.1 16.1
1962 66.9 73.5
12.9 16.0
1963 66.6 73.4
12.8 16.0
1964 66.8 73.7
13.0 16.3
1965 66.8 73.8
12.9 16.3
1966 66.7 73.9
12.9 16.3
1967 67.0 74.3
13.0 16.6
1968 66.6 74.2
12.8 16.6
1969 66.9 74.6
13.0 16.9
1970 67.2 74.9
13.1 17.1
1971 67.4 75.1
13.1 17.1
1972 67.4 75.2
13.1 17.2
1973 67.6 75.5
13.2 17.4
1974 68.3 76.0
13.5 17.7
1975 68.7 76.6
13.7 18.0
1976 69.1 76.8
13.8 18.1
1977 69.4 77.2
13.9 18.3
1978 69.6 77.3
14.0 18.3
1979 70.0 77.7
14.2 18.6
1980 69.9 77.5
14.0 18.4
1981 70.4 77.9
14.2 18.6
1982 70.8 78.2
14.5 18.8
1983 70.9 78.1
14.3 18.6
1984 71.1 78.2
14.4 18.7
1985 71.1 78.2
14.4 18.6
1986 71.1 78.3
14.5 18.7
1987 71.3 78.4
14.6 18.7
1988 71.2 78.3
14.6 18.7
1989 71.5 78.6
14.8 18.9
1990 71.8 78.9
15.0 19.0
1991 72.0 79.0
15.1 19.1
1992 72.2 79.2
15.2 19.2
1993 72.0 78.9
15.1 19.0
1994 72.3 79.0
15.3 19.0
1995 72.5 79.0
15.3 19.0
1996 72.9 79.2
15.4 19.0
1997 73.4 79.3
15.5 19.1
1998 73.7 79.4
15.6 19.0
1999 73.8 79.3
15.7 18.9
2000 74.0 79.4
15.8 18.9
2001 2 74.1 79.4
15.9 18.9
2002 2 74.3 79.5
16.0 18.9
2003 2 74.4 79.5
16.0 19.0
1 The period life expectancy at a given age for a given year represents the average number of years of life remaining if a group of persons at that age were to experience the mortality rates for that year over the course of their remaining life.
2Preliminary or estimated.

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