Life expectancy in the United States

Over the past 160 years, life expectancy (from birth) in the United States has risen from 39.4 years in 1860 to 78.9 years in 2020. These gains resulted largely from decreased infant and child mortality due to infectious diseases.

All data shown is the average figure from the preceding five-year period.
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