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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 2.
Published in final edited form as: Popul Dev Rev. 2014 Mar 19;40(1):1–29. doi: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2014.00648.x

Table 1. Life expectancy at birth by sex, New York City and United States: 1990, 2000, and 2010.

1990 2000 2010 Change 1990 to 2000 Change 2000 to 2010 Change 1990 to 2010

Males

New York 67.54 74.30 78.03 +6.76 +3.73 +10.49
United States 71.81 74.20 76.30 +2.39 +2.10 +4.49
NYC – US -4.27 +0.10 +1.73 +4.37 +1.63 +6.00
Females

New York 76.97 80.17 83.22 +3.20 +3.05 +6.25
United States 78.77 79.55 81.16 +0.78 +1.61 +2.39
NYC – US -1.80 +0.62 +2.06 +2.42 +1.44 +3.86

SOURCE: Calculations by the authors, based on data pooled over two years: 1989–1990, 1999–2000, and 2009–2010.