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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 USA hits a record high: Those born in 2012 have a life expectancy of 78.8 years. People aged 65 in 2012 have a life expectancy of 19.3 years, says a new government report on mortality. Post to Facebook.ife expectancy in the USA rose in 2012 to 78.8 years â a record high. That was an increase of 0.1 year from 2011 when it was 78.7 years, according to a new report on mortality in the USA from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics.