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. 2020 Aug 15;12:100642. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2020.100642

Table 2.

Total Life Expectancy (TLE) and Active Life Expectancy (ALE) by Marital Status at Ages 65 to 95 years, U.S. men and Women.

Age (x) Married
Divorced
Separated
Widowed
Never married
TLE ALE %a TLE ALE %a TLE ALE %a TLE ALE %a TLE ALE %a
Men
65 18.6 12.3 66% 16.3 10.0 61% 17.3 10.4 60% 16.2 9.8 61% 16.2 9.9 61%
67 17.1 11.1 65% 14.9 9.0 61% 15.8 9.5 60% 15.1 8.9 59% 14.8 9.1 61%
69 15.6 9.9 63% 13.6 8.1 59% 14.4 8.5 59% 13.9 8.0 57% 13.5 8.2 61%
71 14.2 8.8 62% 12.4 7.2 58% 13.1 7.5 57% 12.8 7.1 55% 12.3 7.4 60%
73 12.8 7.6 60% 11.3 6.3 56% 11.8 6.5 55% 11.7 6.2 53% 11.2 6.5 58%
75 11.5 6.6 57% 10.2 5.5 53% 10.6 5.6 53% 10.6 5.4 51% 10.1 5.7 56%
77 10.3 5.6 54% 9.2 4.7 51% 9.6 4.8 50% 9.5 4.6 49% 9.0 4.9 54%
79 9.1 4.7 51% 8.3 4.0 48% 8.6 4.1 48% 8.5 3.9 47% 8.1 4.1 52%
81 8.0 3.8 48% 7.4 3.3 45% 7.7 3.4 45% 7.5 3.3 44% 7.1 3.5 49%
83 7.0 3.1 45% 6.6 2.8 42% 6.9 2.9 42% 6.6 2.7 41% 6.2 2.8 46%
85 6.0 2.5 41% 5.8 2.3 39% 6.2 2.4 40% 5.8 2.2 38% 5.3 2.3 43%
87 5.2 1.9 38% 5.1 1.9 37% 5.5 2.1 38% 5.1 1.8 35% 4.5 1.8 40%
89 4.4 1.5 34% 4.4 1.5 34% 5.0 1.8 36% 4.4 1.4 32% 3.8 1.4 37%
91 3.8 1.2 31% 3.9 1.2 32% 4.5 1.6 35% 3.8 1.1 28% 3.2 1.1 35%
93 3.2 0.9 28% 3.4 1.0 30% 4.1 1.4 34% 3.4 0.8 25% 2.6 0.8 32%
95
2.8
0.7
26%
2.9
0.8
28%
3.7
1.3
34%
2.9
0.6
22%
2.1
0.6
30%
Women
65 21.1 13.0 62% 19.7 11.1 57% 19.9 11.1 55% 19.7 10.8 55% 19.3 11.2 58%
67 19.5 11.7 60% 18.1 10.0 55% 18.4 10.0 54% 18.2 9.8 54% 17.8 10.2 57%
69 17.9 10.5 59% 16.5 8.9 54% 16.9 8.9 53% 16.8 8.9 53% 16.3 9.2 57%
71 16.3 9.3 57% 15.0 7.9 52% 15.4 7.8 51% 15.4 7.9 51% 14.9 8.2 55%
73 14.8 8.1 55% 13.6 6.8 50% 14.0 6.9 49% 14.1 7.0 50% 13.6 7.2 53%
75 13.3 7.0 52% 12.3 5.9 48% 12.7 5.9 47% 12.7 6.2 49% 12.3 6.3 51%
77 12.0 5.9 50% 11.1 5.0 45% 11.5 5.1 44% 11.4 5.4 47% 11.1 5.4 48%
79 10.6 5.0 47% 9.9 4.1 42% 10.3 4.3 41% 10.2 4.6 45% 10.0 4.5 45%
81 9.4 4.1 44% 8.8 3.4 39% 9.2 3.6 39% 9.0 3.9 43% 8.9 3.7 42%
83 8.2 3.3 40% 7.7 2.7 35% 8.2 2.9 36% 7.9 3.2 40% 7.9 3.0 38%
85 7.1 2.6 37% 6.8 2.1 32% 7.3 2.4 33% 6.9 2.6 37% 7.0 2.4 34%
87 6.1 2.0 34% 5.9 1.6 28% 6.4 1.9 30% 6.0 2.0 34% 6.1 1.8 30%
89 5.2 1.6 30% 5.1 1.2 24% 5.7 1.6 28% 5.2 1.6 30% 5.3 1.4 26%
91 4.4 1.2 27% 4.4 0.9 21% 5.0 1.3 25% 4.5 1.2 26% 4.5 1.0 22%
93 3.8 0.9 24% 3.8 0.7 18% 4.4 1.0 23% 3.9 0.9 22% 3.9 0.7 19%
95 3.2 0.7 22% 3.3 0.5 15% 3.9 0.8 22% 3.4 0.6 18% 3.3 0.5 15%

Standard errors of TLE and ALE estimates are in Appendix 1.

a

Percent of future life years in active state (=ALE/TLE*100%).