Table 4.

Life Expectancy at Age 30 by Year, Sex, and Education Category, non-Hispanic Whites, United States 1980s–2000s.

Education Level	Males				Females
	Time Period			Change Over Time	Time Period			Change Over Time
	1980s	1990s	2000s	1980s-2000s	1980s	1990s	2000s	1980s-2000s
1. Less than High School	42.7	42.8	44.7	1.9	50.7	48.9	49.8	−0.9
2. High School	45.5	46.8	48.6	3.1	53.0	52.8	54.6	1.6
3. Some College	46.1	48.4	51.5	5.4	53.4	54.3	55.4	2.0
4. College	48.5	50.3	53.3	4.8	53.6	55.0	56.5	2.8
5. Postgraduate	49.9	51.0	55.9	6.0	54.7	56.3	58.7	4.0
Total	45.3	46.9	50.2	4.9	52.4	52.6	54.5	2.1
Difference (5–1)	7.2	8.2	11.2	4.0	4.0	7.4	9.0	4.9

Source: Authors’’ calculations based on NLMS Release 5.