17-12. Life Expectancy for South Carolina Population by Sex and Race: 1979-81


                             White       White     Nonwhite    Nonwhite
Age Interval     Total        Male      Female       Male       Female

<1 72.01 69.48 77.89 63.17 72.92 1 - 4 72.13 69.33 77.65 63.73 73.43 5 - 9 68.34 65.50 73.83 60.01 69.65 10 - 14 63.46 60.61 68.94 55.14 64.76 15 - 19 58.57 55.74 64.00 50.30 59.84 20 - 24 53.81 51.11 59.16 45.57 54.93 25 - 29 49.15 46.55 54.31 41.11 50.13 30 - 34 44.50 41.94 49.47 36.68 45.42 35 - 39 39.85 37.26 44.67 32.41 40.77 40 - 44 35.32 32.66 39.91 28.46 36.29 45 - 49 30.93 28.20 35.24 24.80 32.00 50 - 54 26.78 24.02 30.70 21.48 28.04 55 - 59 22.91 20.20 26.33 18.46 24.29 60 - 64 19.31 16.63 22.19 15.91 20.87 65 - 69 16.09 13.54 18.29 13.66 17.84 70 - 74 13.14 10.81 14.61 11.60 15.08 75 - 79 10.54 8.50 11.28 9.92 12.86 80 - 84 8.22 6.54 8.43 8.10 10.78 85> 6.35 5.00 6.16 6.77 9.07
Source: S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control, Division of Biostatistics, Office of Vital Records and Public Health Statistics, using the Reed-Merrell Method, October 1984.

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