Table 3.

Total life expectancy (TLE) and active life expectancy (ALE) for married and unmarried persons at ages 65 to 95, U.S. men and women.

Age ($x$)	Married Men			Unmarried Men			Differenceb
	TLE	ALE	%a	TLE	ALE	%a	TLE	ALE
65	18.6	12.3	66%	16.4	9.9	60%	2.2*	2.4*
67	17.1	11.1	65%	15.1	9.0	60%	2.0*	2.1*
69	15.6	9.9	63%	13.9	8.1	58%	1.8*	1.8*
71	14.2	8.8	62%	12.7	7.2	57%	1.5*	1.5*
73	12.8	7.6	60%	11.5	6.4	55%	1.3*	1.3*
75	11.5	6.6	57%	10.4	5.6	53%	1.1*	1.0*
77	10.3	5.6	54%	9.4	4.8	51%	0.9*	0.8*
79	9.1	4.7	51%	8.4	4.1	49%	0.7*	0.6*
81	8.0	3.8	48%	7.4	3.4	46%	0.5*	0.4*
83	7.0	3.1	45%	6.6	2.8	43%	0.4*	0.3*
85	6.0	2.5	41%	5.8	2.3	39%	0.2*	0.2*
87	5.2	1.9	38%	5.1	1.8	36%	0.1	0.1*
89	4.4	1.5	34%	4.4	1.4	33%	0.0	0.1
91	3.8	1.2	31%	3.9	1.1	29%	−0.1	0.0
93	3.2	0.9	28%	3.4	0.9	26%	−0.1	0.0
95	2.8	0.7	26%	2.9	0.7	23%	−0.2	0.0
	Married Women			Unmarried Women			Differenceb
65	21.1	13.0	62%	19.6	11.0	56%	1.5*	2.0*
67	19.5	11.7	60%	18.1	10.0	55%	1.4*	1.7*
69	17.9	10.5	59%	16.7	9.0	54%	1.2*	1.5*
71	16.3	9.3	57%	15.3	8.0	53%	1.1*	1.3*
73	14.8	8.1	55%	13.9	7.1	51%	0.9*	1.0*
75	13.3	7.0	52%	12.6	6.1	49%	0.8*	0.8*
77	12.0	5.9	50%	11.3	5.3	46%	0.6*	0.7*
79	10.6	5.0	47%	10.1	4.4	44%	0.5*	0.5*
81	9.4	4.1	44%	9.0	3.7	41%	0.4*	0.4*
83	8.2	3.3	40%	7.9	3.0	38%	0.3*	0.3*
85	7.1	2.6	37%	6.9	2.4	34%	0.2	0.3*
87	6.1	2.0	34%	6.0	1.8	30%	0.1	0.2*
89	5.2	1.6	30%	5.2	1.4	26%	0.0	0.2*
91	4.4	1.2	27%	4.5	1.0	22%	−0.1	0.2*
93	3.8	0.9	24%	3.9	0.7	19%	−0.1	0.2*
95	3.2	0.7	22%	3.3	0.5	15%	−0.1	0.2*

*: p value < 0.05 for testing difference between married and unmarried persons.

Standard errors of TLE and ALE estimates are in Appendix 2.

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

^bDifference between married and unmarried persons for TLE and ALE, respectively.