Table 2.

Men’s life expectancy at birth and years gained in 25 largest U.S. cities: 1988–2015

	1988–1992	1993–1997	1998–2002	2003–2006	2007–2010	2011–2015	Years Gained 1988–2015
City
San Francisco	66.4	69.7	75.0	77.3	79.0	80.1	13.7
Washington, DC	61.7	63.6	68.2	70.3	72.8	75.4	13.7
New York City	67.5	70.6	74.6	76.5	78.0	79.3	11.8
Los Angeles	69.5	72.3	74.8	75.8	77.7	79.1	9.5
Chicago	65.9	67.7	70.5	72.7	73.9	75.1	9.2
Boston	68.7	71.1	73.6	75.1	76.5	77.8	9.2
New Orleans	63.9	64.6	67.4	67.8	70.2	72.6	8.7
San Jose	73.7	75.2	77.3	79.3	80.0	81.1	7.5
Dallas	68.3	70.1	72.7	73.7	74.8	75.5	7.2
Seattle	71.5	71.7	74.6	76.6	77.5	78.6	7.1
Philadelphia	65.4	66.3	68.8	69.7	71.2	72.4	7.0
Houston	66.9	69.2	71.5	72.6	73.4	73.8	6.9
San Diego	73.0	74.4	76.3	77.8	79.1	79.8	6.8
Phoenix	71.2	71.4	73.0	74.5	76.4	77.7	6.6
Detroit	63.0	64.1	65.8	66.7	67.5	69.6	6.6
Baltimore	62.9	62.0	64.3	66.2	68.3	69.4	6.4
Memphis	66.2	66.5	67.9	69.1	70.5	71.2	5.0
Jacksonville	69.2	70.7	71.6	72.1	73.0	74.1	4.8
Columbus	69.7	70.4	71.6	72.1	73.2	74.5	4.8
Nashville	69.3	69.7	71.3	72.2	73.2	74.1	4.7
Cleveland	65.2	66.2	68.3	68.7	69.0	69.6	4.3
San Antonio	70.6	70.8	72.5	73.3	74.0	74.3	3.7
El Paso	72.7	73.2	74.7	75.3	76.4	76.3	3.7
Milwaukee	69.4	69.8	70.4	71.1	72.3	72.9	3.5
Indianapolis	69.4	69.8	70.6	71.6	72.5	72.5	3.1
United States	71.9	72.9	74.2	75.2	76.1	76.7	4.8

Sources: Authors’ calculations from restricted-use vital statistics data and U.S. census population enumerations and estimates.