Table 1:
Life expectancy estimates and reductions from 2018 for the total US population and by race/ethnicity
| Total Population | non-Latino White | non-Latino Black | Latino | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth | Age 65 | Birth | Age 65 | Birth | Age 65 | Birth | Age 65 | |
| A) Pre-pandemic | ||||||||
| 2018 ex | 78.7 | 19.5 | 78.6 | 19.4 | 74.7 | 18.0 | 81.8 | 21.4 |
| B) 2020 estimates | ||||||||
| Number of COVID-19 deaths | 385,463 | 232,823 | 61,535 | 69,472 | ||||
| Estimated 2020 ex | 77.4 | 18.4 | 77.7 | 18.5 | 72.8 | 16.5 | 78.9 | 19.3 |
| Reduction from 2018 ex due to COVID-19 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 2.1 |
| C) 2021 estimates | ||||||||
| Number of COVID-19 deaths | 459,991 | 303,017 | 61,363 | 72,981 | ||||
| Estimated 2021 ex | 77.0 | 18.4 | 77.1 | 18.4 | 72.6 | 16.8 | 78.8 | 19.6 |
| Reduction from 2018 ex due to COVID-19 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 3.0 | 1.8 |
Notes: Apart from life expectancy (ex) values from 2018 that are provided by the National Vital Statistics System, all life expectancy estimates are authors’ calculations. Estimates for 2020 and 2021 are based on provisional COVID-19 death counts provided by the National Center for Health Statistics (March 2, 2022, update).