Average Life Expectancy United States 2024. Average american life expectancy, which had seen decades of improvement, has fallen for the past three consecutive years, according to a recent report by the. Graph and download economic data for life expectancy at birth, total for the united states from 1960 to 2022 about life expectancy, life, birth, usa, australia, and new zealand.
The latest figures are 78.5 years according to the oecd, 80.0 years according to the cia, and. Poor health stands in the way of opportunity, of happiness and freedom.