United States life tables, 2004.

This report presents period life tables for the United States based on age-specific death rates in 2004. Data used to prepare these life tables are 2004 final mortality statistics; July 1, 2004, population estimates based on the 2000 decennial census and data from the Medicare program. Presented are complete life tables by age, race, and sex. In 2004, the overall expectation of life at birth was 77.8 years, representing an increase of 0.4 year from life expectancy in 2003. Between 2003 and 2004, life expectancy increased for males and females, and for both the white and black populations. Life expectancy increased by 0.5 years (from 72.6 to 73.1) for the black population and by 0.4 year (from 77.9 to 78.3) for the white population. Both males and females in each race group experienced increases in life expectancy between 2003 and 2004. The greatest increase was experienced by black males with an increase of 0.6 year (from 68.9 to 69.5). Life expectancy increased by 0.4 year for black females (from 75.9 to 76.3), for white females (from 80.4 to 80.8), and for white males (from 75.3 to 75.7).

[1]  John I. McCool,et al.  The Life Table and Its Applications , 1987 .

[2]  E. Arias,et al.  The effect of revised populations on mortality statistics for the United States, 2000. , 2003, National vital statistics reports : from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System.

[3]  John R. Wilmoth.  Are Mortality Rates Falling at Extremely High Ages? An Investigation Based on a Model Proposed by Coale and Kisker , 1995 .

[4]  S. O. Gustavus,et al.  Cohort mortality and survivorship: United States death-registration states, 1900-1968. , 1972, Vital & health statistics. Series 3, Analytical and epidemiological studies.

[5]  Felicitie C. Bell,et al.  Life Tables for the United States Social Security Area 1900-2100 , 2002 .

[6]  Samuel H. Preston,et al.  A Relational Model of Mortality at Older Ages in Low Mortality Countries , 1994 .

[7]  James W. Vaupel,et al.  The force of mortality at ages 80 to 120 , 1998 .

[8]  H M Rosenberg,et al.  Causes of death contributing to changes in life expectancy: United States, 1984-89. , 1994, Vital and health statistics. Series 20, Data from the National Vital Statistics System.

[9]  E. Arias,et al.  United States Census 2000 population with bridged race categories. , 2003, Vital and health statistics. Series 2, Data evaluation and methods research.

[10]  E. Arias,et al.  The validity of race and Hispanic origin reporting on death certificates in the United States. , 2008, Vital and health statistics. Series 2, Data evaluation and methods research.

[11]  I. Elo,et al.  The Impact of Salmon Bias on the Hispanic Mortality Advantage: New Evidence from Social Security Data , 2008, Population research and policy review.

[12]  I. Waldron,et al.  Recent trends in sex mortality ratios for adults in developed countries. , 1993, Social science & medicine.

[13]  S. Preston,et al.  Demography: Measuring and Modeling Population Processes , 2000 .