➡️ Slide to Compare: How Much Time You Have Left

🗣️ Editor's Note

We've visualized the same data in two different ways and we'd love your input!

Let us know in the comments which one is easier to understand—and why!

Key Takeaways

• U.S. life expectancy at birth for men is about 74 versus 79 for women.
• However, as Americans age, the more their potential lifespan increases.
• At 75, an American man can expect to live to 86, which is 12 years longer than his life expectancy at birth.

🤯 The Older You Are, the Older You Live

Why does life expectancy improve as you get older?

It’s because most older adults have already dodged the biggest risks to life: infant mortality, violence, and vehicle crashes.

There is also survivor bias at play.

The lifestyle habits that have allowed them to live so far will only contribute to them living longer.

📝 Data Due Diligence

Life expectancy at a given age is the average number of years someone of that exact age born on January 1st is expected to live, based on 2021 mortality rates, the latest available.