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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.
The average age of death in the United States for men is 76. The  average age of death for women in the United States is 81.ccording to the 2007 National Vital Statistics Reports (which can be viewed in related links), the average age at death in the US was 86.2 years.. This is not the same as Life Expectancy and should not be confused.