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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.
Life expectancy in the United States is at an all-time high, according to a report issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Life expectancy in the United States is at an all-time high of 78 years and 9 Â½ months, according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Women born in 2012 were expected to live more than 81 years and men nearly 76 Â½ years, the CDC says.