Table 1. Life expectancy at birth and at 65 years of age, by sex: United States, selected years 1900-1982.

Year	At birth			At 65 years
	Both sexes	Male	Female	Both sexes	Male	Female
19001, 2	47.3	46.3	48.3	11.9	11.5	12.2
1950 2	68.2	65.6	71.1	13.9	12.8	15.0
1960 2	69.7	66.6	73.1	14.3	12.8	15.8
1970	70.9	67.1	74.8	15.2	13.1	17.0
1971	71.1	67.4	75.0	15.2	13.2	17.1
1972	71.2	67.4	75.1	15.2	13.1	17.1
1973	71.4	67.6	75.3	15.3	13.2	17.2
1974	72.0	68.2	75.9	15.6	13.4	17.5
1975	72.6	68.8	76.6	16.1	13.8	18.1
1976	72.9	69.1	76.8	16.1	13.8	18.1
1977	73.3	69.5	77.2	16.4	14.0	18.4
1978	73.5	69.6	77.3	16.4	14.1	18.4
1979	73.9	70.0	77.8	16.7	14.3	18.7
1980	73.7	70.0	77.5	16.4	14.1	18.3
1981 3	74.1	70.3	77.9	16.7	14.3	18.7
1982 3	74.5	70.8	78.2	16.8	14.4	18.8

¹Death registration area only. The death registration area increased from 10 States and the District of Columbia in 1900 to the coterminous United States in 1933.

²Includes deaths of nonresidents of the United States.

³Provisional data.

SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics: Health United States, 1983. DHHS Pub. No. (PHS) 84-1232. Public Health Service. Washington. U.S. Government Printing Office, Dec. 1983.