UPDATE: Fast facts
Life expectancy
UPDATE
Fast Facts
Life expectancy of the average American in 2001 (nearly two years greater than in 1990)
| 79.8 years | Life expectancy of American women in 2001 (one year greater than in 1990) |
| 74.4 years | Life expectancy of American men in 2001 (more than two years greater than in 1990) |
| 5.5 years | Difference in life expectancy between American whites and blacks in 2001 (one and a half years fewer than in 1990) |
Source: HHS, released October 2003
UPDATE: Fast facts.
Medical Economics
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