Table 2.
Life expectancy in happiness by age and sex: U.S. 1970–2000
| Expectation of life | Men
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Women
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 1970–2000 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 1970–2000 | |
| At age 30 years | ||||||||||
| Total (TLE) | 40.5 | 42.8 | 44.0 | 45.9 | 5.4 | 46.9 | 49.3 | 50.1 | 50.5 | 3.6 |
| Happy (HapLE) | 34.8 | 37.5 | 39.3 | 41.6 | 6.8 | 40.8 | 43.0 | 43.9 | 44.4 | 3.6 |
| Very happy (VHapLE) | 13.9 | 14.7 | 15.2 | 15.8 | 1.9 | 17.3 | 17.3 | 16.7 | 16.0 | −1.3 |
| Pretty happy (PHapLE) | 20.9 | 22.8 | 24.2 | 25.8 | 4.9 | 23.5 | 25.7 | 27.2 | 28.4 | 4.9 |
| Unhappy (UHapLE) | 5.7 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 4.3 | −1.4 | 6.1 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 0.0 |
| % of life expectancy | ||||||||||
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | ||
| Happy | 86.0 | 87.8 | 89.3 | 90.7 | 4.7 | 86.9 | 87.2 | 87.6 | 87.9 | 1.0 |
| Very happy | 34.4 | 34.5 | 34.4 | 34.4 | 0.0 | 36.9 | 35.1 | 33.3 | 31.6 | −5.3 |
| Pretty happy | 51.6 | 53.3 | 54.9 | 56.3 | 4.7 | 50.1 | 52.2 | 54.3 | 56.3 | 6.2 |
| Unhappy | 14.0 | 12.2 | 10.7 | 9.3 | −4.7 | 13.1 | 12.8 | 12.4 | 12.1 | −1.0 |
| At age 65 years | ||||||||||
| Total (TLE) | 13.0 | 14.2 | 15.1 | 16.2 | 3.2 | 16.8 | 18.4 | 19.0 | 19.1 | 2.3 |
| Happy (HapLE) | 11.2 | 12.4 | 13.5 | 14.7 | 3.5 | 14.3 | 15.8 | 16.3 | 16.5 | 2.2 |
| Very happy (VHapLE) | 5.1 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 6.3 | 1.2 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 5.9 | −0.2 |
| Pretty happy (PHapLE) | 6.0 | 6.9 | 7.6 | 8.4 | 2.3 | 8.2 | 9.4 | 10.1 | 10.6 | 2.4 |
| Unhappy (UHapLE) | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.5 | −0.3 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 0.1 |
| % of life expectancy | ||||||||||
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | ||
| Happy | 85.8 | 87.6 | 89.2 | 90.6 | 4.8 | 85.4 | 85.8 | 86.2 | 86.6 | 1.2 |
| Very happy | 39.4 | 39.3 | 39.1 | 39.0 | −0.4 | 36.4 | 34.5 | 32.8 | 31.1 | −5.3 |
| Pretty happy | 46.4 | 48.3 | 50.1 | 51.6 | 5.2 | 49.0 | 51.3 | 53.4 | 55.5 | 6.5 |
| Unhappy | 14.2 | 12.4 | 10.8 | 9.4 | −4.8 | 14.6 | 14.2 | 13.8 | 13.4 | −1.2 |
| At age 85 years | ||||||||||
| Total (TLE) | 4.7 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 0.9 | 5.6 | 6.4 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 1.0 |
| Happy (HapLE) | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 1.0 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 1.0 |
| Very happy (VHapLE) | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| Pretty happy (PHapLE) | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 0.9 |
| Unhappy (UHapLE) | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | −0.1 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.1 |
| % of life expectancy | ||||||||||
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | ||
| Happy | 87.5 | 89.1 | 90.5 | 91.7 | 4.2 | 86.2 | 86.5 | 86.9 | 87.2 | 1.1 |
| Very happy | 40.8 | 40.6 | 40.4 | 40.2 | −0.6 | 34.6 | 32.8 | 31.2 | 29.5 | −5.1 |
| Pretty happy | 46.7 | 48.5 | 50.1 | 51.5 | 4.8 | 51.6 | 53.7 | 55.7 | 57.7 | 6.1 |
| Unhappy | 12.5 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.3 | −4.2 | 13.8 | 13.5 | 13.1 | 12.8 | −1.1 |