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And, shockingly, deaths come almost 30 years earlier than the international average in a fifth of counties across the U.S. The average age to which an American male can expect to live is just over 75 and a half years, but that is quite a bit younger than their Japanese counterparts who can hope to make it to 79.
As of 2014, the life expectancy in America is 78.6 years. Divide that up, and this is how the average person spends their lifetime. Jake Heppner. 1 . You spend 25 years sleeping. 2 . You work for 10.3 years. The average American works 40 hours a week from ages 20-65. 3 .