FIGURE 2—

Projected and Actual US Male and Female Life Expectancies From 1910 to 2060 With Poorest and Wealthiest “States’” Current Life Expectancies

Note. Blue bars represent male life expectancy and yellow bars represent female life expectancy. Bars above the red line are projected life expectancies, and bars below the red line are actual life expectancies. Solid vertical lines represent the poorest “state’s” current life expectancy, and the dotted vertical lines represent the wealthiest “state’s” current life expectancy.

Source. US Census Bureau²¹ and US Department of Health and Human Services.²²