National life expectancy estimates are calculated using period (current) life tables. Life tables are used to measure mortality, survivorship, and the life expectancy of a population at varying ages.
Period life tables estimate how many more years a group of people who are currently at a particular age – any age from birth to 100 or more – can expect to live if the mortality patterns in a given year remain the same over the rest of their lives. Life tables can also be used to compare how life expectancy has improved or declined over time.
National-level life tables are released annually, as well as every 10 years (decennially) around the U.S. population census.
A period life table is based on the mortality experience of a population during a relatively short period of time. Here we present the 2019 period life table for the Social Security area population, as used in the 2022 Trustees Report (TR). For this table, the period life expectancy at a given age is the average remaining number of years expected prior to death for a person at that exact age, born on January 1, using the mortality rates for 2019 over the course of his or her remaining life.
This life table is available for certain other years.
Period Life Table, 2019, as used in the 2022 Trustees Report
0 | 0.006081 | 100,000 | 76.22 | 0.005046 | 100,000 | 81.28 |
1 | 0.000425 | 99,392 | 75.69 | 0.000349 | 99,495 | 80.69 |
2 | 0.000260 | 99,350 | 74.72 | 0.000212 | 99,461 | 79.72 |
3 | 0.000194 | 99,324 | 73.74 | 0.000166 | 99,440 | 78.73 |
4 | 0.000154 | 99,305 | 72.76 | 0.000137 | 99,423 | 77.75 |
5 | 0.000142 | 99,289 | 71.77 | 0.000122 | 99,409 | 76.76 |
6 | 0.000135 | 99,275 | 70.78 | 0.000111 | 99,397 | 75.77 |
7 | 0.000127 | 99,262 | 69.79 | 0.000103 | 99,386 | 74.77 |
8 | 0.000116 | 99,249 | 68.79 | 0.000098 | 99,376 | 73.78 |
9 | 0.000104 | 99,238 | 67.80 | 0.000095 | 99,366 | 72.79 |
10 | 0.000097 | 99,227 | 66.81 | 0.000095 | 99,357 | 71.80 |
11 | 0.000106 | 99,218 | 65.82 | 0.000102 | 99,348 | 70.80 |
12 | 0.000144 | 99,207 | 64.82 | 0.000116 | 99,337 | 69.81 |
13 | 0.000220 | 99,193 | 63.83 | 0.000139 | 99,326 | 68.82 |
14 | 0.000323 | 99,171 | 62.85 | 0.000170 | 99,312 | 67.83 |
15 | 0.000437 | 99,139 | 61.87 | 0.000204 | 99,295 | 66.84 |
16 | 0.000552 | 99,096 | 60.89 | 0.000240 | 99,275 | 65.85 |
17 | 0.000675 | 99,041 | 59.93 | 0.000278 | 99,251 | 64.87 |
18 | 0.000806 | 98,974 | 58.97 | 0.000319 | 99,224 | 63.89 |
19 | 0.000939 | 98,894 | 58.01 | 0.000360 | 99,192 | 62.91 |
20 | 0.001079 | 98,802 | 57.07 | 0.000405 | 99,156 | 61.93 |
21 | 0.001215 | 98,695 | 56.13 | 0.000451 | 99,116 | 60.95 |
22 | 0.001327 | 98,575 | 55.20 | 0.000491 | 99,071 | 59.98 |
23 | 0.001406 | 98,444 | 54.27 | 0.000523 | 99,023 | 59.01 |
24 | 0.001461 | 98,306 | 53.35 | 0.000549 | 98,971 | 58.04 |
25 | 0.001507 | 98,162 | 52.42 | 0.000574 | 98,917 | 57.07 |
26 | 0.001557 | 98,014 | 51.50 | 0.000604 | 98,860 | 56.11 |
27 | 0.001610 | 97,862 | 50.58 | 0.000642 | 98,800 | 55.14 |
28 | 0.001668 | 97,704 | 49.66 | 0.000690 | 98,737 | 54.17 |
29 | 0.001732 | 97,541 | 48.74 | 0.000748 | 98,669 | 53.21 |
30 | 0.001795 | 97,372 | 47.83 | 0.000810 | 98,595 | 52.25 |
31 | 0.001858 | 97,198 | 46.91 | 0.000871 | 98,515 | 51.29 |
32 | 0.001923 | 97,017 | 46.00 | 0.000931 | 98,429 | 50.34 |
33 | 0.001992 | 96,830 | 45.09 | 0.000988 | 98,337 | 49.38 |
34 | 0.002064 | 96,638 | 44.18 | 0.001044 | 98,240 | 48.43 |
35 | 0.002145 | 96,438 | 43.27 | 0.001105 | 98,138 | 47.48 |
36 | 0.002231 | 96,231 | 42.36 | 0.001171 | 98,029 | 46.53 |
37 | 0.002316 | 96,017 | 41.45 | 0.001235 | 97,914 | 45.59 |
38 | 0.002398 | 95,794 | 40.55 | 0.001295 | 97,793 | 44.64 |
39 | 0.002482 | 95,564 | 39.64 | 0.001356 | 97,667 | 43.70 |
40 | 0.002580 | 95,327 | 38.74 | 0.001422 | 97,534 | 42.76 |
41 | 0.002697 | 95,081 | 37.84 | 0.001501 | 97,396 | 41.82 |
42 | 0.002828 | 94,825 | 36.94 | 0.001596 | 97,249 | 40.88 |
43 | 0.002976 | 94,557 | 36.04 | 0.001709 | 97,094 | 39.95 |
44 | 0.003146 | 94,275 | 35.15 | 0.001841 | 96,928 | 39.01 |
45 | 0.003340 | 93,979 | 34.26 | 0.001989 | 96,750 | 38.08 |
46 | 0.003567 | 93,665 | 33.37 | 0.002153 | 96,557 | 37.16 |
47 | 0.003833 | 93,331 | 32.49 | 0.002333 | 96,350 | 36.24 |
48 | 0.004143 | 92,973 | 31.61 | 0.002530 | 96,125 | 35.32 |
49 | 0.004499 | 92,588 | 30.74 | 0.002746 | 95,882 | 34.41 |
50 | 0.004890 | 92,171 | 29.88 | 0.002981 | 95,618 | 33.50 |
51 | 0.005321 | 91,720 | 29.02 | 0.003241 | 95,333 | 32.60 |
52 | 0.005810 | 91,232 | 28.18 | 0.003530 | 95,024 | 31.71 |
53 | 0.006363 | 90,702 | 27.34 | 0.003853 | 94,689 | 30.82 |
54 | 0.006973 | 90,125 | 26.51 | 0.004208 | 94,324 | 29.93 |
55 | 0.007629 | 89,497 | 25.69 | 0.004591 | 93,927 | 29.06 |
56 | 0.008322 | 88,814 | 24.89 | 0.004997 | 93,496 | 28.19 |
57 | 0.009049 | 88,075 | 24.09 | 0.005426 | 93,029 | 27.33 |
58 | 0.009806 | 87,278 | 23.31 | 0.005876 | 92,524 | 26.48 |
59 | 0.010595 | 86,422 | 22.53 | 0.006348 | 91,980 | 25.63 |
60 | 0.011452 | 85,506 | 21.77 | 0.006883 | 91,396 | 24.79 |
61 | 0.012358 | 84,527 | 21.01 | 0.007457 | 90,767 | 23.96 |
62 | 0.013255 | 83,482 | 20.27 | 0.008010 | 90,090 | 23.14 |
63 | 0.014126 | 82,376 | 19.54 | 0.008520 | 89,369 | 22.32 |
64 | 0.015006 | 81,212 | 18.81 | 0.009031 | 88,607 | 21.51 |
65 | 0.016001 | 79,994 | 18.09 | 0.009617 | 87,807 | 20.70 |
66 | 0.017124 | 78,714 | 17.37 | 0.010328 | 86,963 | 19.89 |
67 | 0.018298 | 77,366 | 16.67 | 0.011167 | 86,065 | 19.10 |
68 | 0.019519 | 75,950 | 15.97 | 0.012158 | 85,103 | 18.31 |
69 | 0.020847 | 74,468 | 15.28 | 0.013312 | 84,069 | 17.52 |
70 | 0.022381 | 72,915 | 14.59 | 0.014673 | 82,950 | 16.75 |
71 | 0.024185 | 71,283 | 13.91 | 0.016221 | 81,733 | 16.00 |
72 | 0.026266 | 69,559 | 13.25 | 0.017905 | 80,407 | 15.25 |
73 | 0.028660 | 67,732 | 12.59 | 0.019714 | 78,967 | 14.52 |
74 | 0.031401 | 65,791 | 11.95 | 0.021714 | 77,410 | 13.80 |
75 | 0.034618 | 63,725 | 11.32 | 0.024080 | 75,729 | 13.10 |
76 | 0.038263 | 61,519 | 10.71 | 0.026831 | 73,906 | 12.41 |
77 | 0.042190 | 59,165 | 10.11 | 0.029855 | 71,923 | 11.74 |
78 | 0.046367 | 56,669 | 9.54 | 0.033151 | 69,776 | 11.08 |
79 | 0.050948 | 54,041 | 8.97 | 0.036829 | 67,463 | 10.45 |
80 | 0.056237 | 51,288 | 8.43 | 0.041122 | 64,978 | 9.83 |
81 | 0.062360 | 48,404 | 7.90 | 0.046102 | 62,306 | 9.23 |
82 | 0.069226 | 45,385 | 7.39 | 0.051683 | 59,434 | 8.65 |
83 | 0.076884 | 42,243 | 6.91 | 0.057896 | 56,362 | 8.09 |
84 | 0.085452 | 38,996 | 6.44 | 0.064863 | 53,099 | 7.56 |
85 | 0.095062 | 35,663 | 6.00 | 0.072731 | 49,655 | 7.05 |
86 | 0.105829 | 32,273 | 5.57 | 0.081626 | 46,043 | 6.56 |
87 | 0.117838 | 28,858 | 5.17 | 0.091644 | 42,285 | 6.10 |
88 | 0.131138 | 25,457 | 4.80 | 0.102840 | 38,410 | 5.67 |
89 | 0.145751 | 22,119 | 4.45 | 0.115236 | 34,460 | 5.26 |
90 | 0.161678 | 18,895 | 4.12 | 0.128837 | 30,489 | 4.88 |
91 | 0.178905 | 15,840 | 3.82 | 0.143633 | 26,561 | 4.52 |
92 | 0.197408 | 13,006 | 3.54 | 0.159606 | 22,746 | 4.20 |
93 | 0.217149 | 10,439 | 3.29 | 0.176731 | 19,115 | 3.90 |
94 | 0.238080 | 8,172 | 3.06 | 0.194973 | 15,737 | 3.63 |
95 | 0.258821 | 6,226 | 2.86 | 0.213413 | 12,669 | 3.39 |
96 | 0.278966 | 4,615 | 2.69 | 0.231752 | 9,965 | 3.17 |
97 | 0.298092 | 3,327 | 2.54 | 0.249663 | 7,656 | 2.98 |
98 | 0.315762 | 2,336 | 2.40 | 0.266801 | 5,744 | 2.81 |
99 | 0.331550 | 1,598 | 2.28 | 0.282809 | 4,212 | 2.65 |
100 | 0.348128 | 1,068 | 2.16 | 0.299778 | 3,021 | 2.49 |
101 | 0.365534 | 696 | 2.05 | 0.317765 | 2,115 | 2.34 |
102 | 0.383811 | 442 | 1.94 | 0.336830 | 1,443 | 2.20 |
103 | 0.403001 | 272 | 1.83 | 0.357040 | 957 | 2.07 |
104 | 0.423151 | 163 | 1.73 | 0.378463 | 615 | 1.94 |
105 | 0.444309 | 94 | 1.63 | 0.401170 | 382 | 1.82 |
106 | 0.466524 | 52 | 1.54 | 0.425241 | 229 | 1.70 |
107 | 0.489851 | 28 | 1.45 | 0.450755 | 132 | 1.59 |
108 | 0.514343 | 14 | 1.37 | 0.477800 | 72 | 1.48 |
109 | 0.540060 | 7 | 1.28 | 0.506468 | 38 | 1.38 |
110 | 0.567063 | 3 | 1.21 | 0.536857 | 19 | 1.28 |
111 | 0.595417 | 1 | 1.13 | 0.569068 | 9 | 1.19 |
112 | 0.625187 | 1 | 1.06 | 0.603212 | 4 | 1.10 |
113 | 0.656447 | 0 | 0.99 | 0.639405 | 1 | 1.02 |
114 | 0.689269 | 0 | 0.92 | 0.677769 | 1 | 0.94 |
115 | 0.723732 | 0 | 0.86 | 0.718435 | 0 | 0.87 |
116 | 0.759919 | 0 | 0.80 | 0.759919 | 0 | 0.80 |
117 | 0.797915 | 0 | 0.74 | 0.797915 | 0 | 0.74 |
118 | 0.837811 | 0 | 0.68 | 0.837811 | 0 | 0.68 |
119 | 0.879701 | 0 | 0.63 | 0.879701 | 0 | 0.63 |
a Probability of dying within one year. b Number of survivors out of 100,000 born alive. Note: The period life expectancy at a given age for 2019 is the average remaining number of years expected prior to death for a person at that exact age, born on January 1, using the mortality rates for 2019 over the course of his or her remaining life. |
The Social Security area population is composed of: (1) residents of the 50 States and the District of Columbia (adjusted for net census undercount); (2) civilian residents of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands; (3) Federal civilian employees and persons in the U.S. Armed Forces abroad and their dependents; (4) non-citizens living abroad who are insured for Social Security benefits; and (5) all other U.S. citizens abroad.