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Posted on Dec 25, 2009, 6 a.m.
US Centers for Disease Control & Prevention issues newest data on life expectancy, stating that a baby born in 2007 may expect to live an average of 77 years and 11 months.
The U.S. life expectancy in 2007 was the highest in recorded history, reaching 77.9 years (or about 77 years and 11 months), according to a December 2009 report from the US National Vital Statistics System. Since 2000, life expectancy has increased by 1.4% (or 1.1 years) for the general population (76.8 to 77.9 years), by 1.6% for males, and by 1.4%. In 2007, the age-adjusted death rate for the United States reached a record low of 760.3 per 100,000 population. With these increases, life expectancy at age 65 was 18.6 years in 2007, representing an increase of 6% since 2000.
Arialdi M. Minino, Jiaquan Xu, Kenneth D. Kochanek, 'Betzaida Tejada-Vera. “Death in the United States, 2007,” US National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Data Brief, Number 26, December 2009; http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db26.htm.
