17-11. Average Life Span in Years by Race and Sex for the
Population of the United States and Each State: 1979-81
TOTAL WHITE NONWHITE
States Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Alabama 72.53 68.28 76.79 73.88 69.67 78.15 68.52 63.76 73.05
Alaska 72.24 68.71 76.87 73.42 69.99 77.93 1/ 1/ 1/
Arizona 74.30 70.46 78.34 74.78 71.08 78.66 69.59 64.63 75.04
Arkansas 73.72 69.73 77.83 74.44 70.46 78.59 69.95 65.51 74.16
California 74.57 71.09 78.02 74.67 71.18 78.12 74.30 70.86 77.81
Colorado 75.30 71.78 78.80 75.37 71.84 78,89 74.09 70.74 77.32
Connecticut 75.12 71.51 78.57 75.46 71.90 78.86 71.45 67.13 75.55
Delaware 73.21 69.56 76.78 74.11 70.53 77.59 68.98 64.93 73.15
Florida 74.00 70.08 77.98 74.95 71.10 78.86 68.07 63.76 72.41
Georgia 72.22 68.01 76.35 73.80 69.56 78.01 67.87 63.41 72.06
Hawaii 77.02 74.08 80.33 76.22 73.04 79.81 77.46 74.57 80.72
Idaho 75.19 71.52 79.15 75.24 71.58 79.19 1/ 1/ 1/
Illinois 73.37 69.55 77.13 74.29 70.57 77.96 68.71 64.32 72.99
Indiana 73.84 70.16 77.46 74.22 70.57 77.82 69.55 65.53 73.54
Iowa 75.81 72.00 79.60 75.88 72.09 79.64 1/ 1/ 1/
Kansas 75.31 71.60 78.99 75.57 71.85 79.26 71.33 67.87 74.75
Kentucky 73.06 69.14 77.12 73.39 69.46 77.46 68.91 64.90 72.93
Louisiana 71.74 67.64 75.89 73.26 69.20 77.42 68.12 63.63 72.48
Maine 74.59 70.78 78.41 74.58 70.77 78.39 1/ 1/ 1/
Maryland 73.32 69.71 76.83 74.36 70.86 77.73 69.83 65.89 73.81
Massachusetts 75.01 71.27 78.46 75.11 71.38 78.54 73.66 69.60 77.51
Michigan 73.67 70.07 77.29 74.46 70.94 77.99 68.91 64.73 73.17
Minnesota 76.15 72.52 79.82 76.25 72.63 79.90 1/ 1/ 1/
Mississippi 71.98 67.64 76.39 73.61 69.26 78.09 68.90 64.19 73.40
Missouri 73.84 69.92 77.72 74.48 70.64 78.29 68.74 64.02 73.29
Montana 73.93 70.47 77.68 74.46 71.00 78.19 1/ 1/ 1/
Nebraska 75.49 71.73 79.29 75.73 71.97 79.53 1/ 1/ 1/
Nevada 72.64 69.26 76.48 72.90 69.52 76.72 1/ 1/ 1/
New Hampshire 74.98 71.43 78.42 74.94 71.39 78.38 1/ 1/ 1/
New Jersey 74.00 70.48 77.39 74.69 71.25 77.99 69.91 65.73 73.90
New Mexico 74.01 69.91 78.34 74.44 70.46 78.63 70.54 65.32 76.12
New York 73.70 70.02 77.18 74.44 70.90 77.80 70.13 65.58 74.26
North Carolina 72.96 68.60 77.35 74.27 70.02 78.53 68.61 63.66 73.58
North Dakota 75.71 72.09 79.68 76.03 72.45 79.95 1/ 1/ 1/
Ohio 73.49 69.85 77.06 74.01 70.42 77.53 69.21 65.16 73.24
Oklahoma 73.67 69.63 77.81 73.93 69.90 78.07 71.97 67.63 76.26
Oregon 74.99 71.35 78.77 75.03 71.41 78.79 1/ 1/ 1/
Pennsylvania 73.58 69.90 77.16 74.13 70.52 77.64 68.58 64.07 72.93
Rhode Island 74.76 70.96 78.33 74.87 71.06 78.45 1/ 1/ 1/
SOUTH CAROLINA 71.85 67.56 76.12 73.60 69.40 77.81 67.78 62.96 72.47
South Dakota 74.97 71.03 79.21 75.94 72.07 80.07 1/ 1/ 1/
Tennessee 73.30 69.15 77.47 74.13 69.99 78.31 68.87 64.37 73.19
Texas 73.64 69.70 77.67 74.22 70.30 78.22 69.69 65.40 74.05
Utah 75.76 72.38 79.18 75.80 72.42 79.22 1/ 1/ 1/
Vermont 74.79 71.06 78.49 74.76 71.03 78.47 1/ 1/ 1/
Virginia 73.43 69.60 77.27 74.42 70.54 78.28 69.57 65.76 73.49
Washington 75.13 71.74 78.57 75.23 71.86 78.64 73.84 70.18 77.83
West Virginia 72.84 68.86 76.93 72.98 68.99 77.09 69.05 65.03 72.88
Wisconsin 75.35 71.86 78.87 75.53 72.05 79.05 71.17 67.53 74.83
Wyoming 73.85 69.95 78.20 74.05 70.15 78.39 1/ 1/ 1/
UNITED STATES 73.88 70.11 77.62 74.53 70.82 78.22 69.84 65.63 74.00
1/: Figure does not meet standard of rel iability or precision (not published
when fewer than 700 male or female deaths for any racial group were registered
in 1979-81).
Source: National Center for Health Statistics, U.S. Decennial Life Tables
for 1979-81, Vol. II, State Life Tables, Number 41, South Carolina,
February 1986.
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