"Life Expectancy at Birth and at Age 65 in the United States, by Gender, Selected Years, 1900 to 2000"						
						
	"Total, at birth"	"Males, at birth"	"Females, at birth"	Total 65+	Males 65+	Females 65+
2000	76.9	74.1	79.5	17.9	16.3	19.2
1990	75.4	71.8 	78.8 	17.3	15.1 	19.0 
1980	73.9	70.1 	77.6 	16.5	14.2 	18.4 
1970	70.8	67.0 	74.6 	15	13.0 	16.8 
1960	69.9	66.8 	73.2 	14.4	13.0 	15.8 
1950	68.1	65.5 	71.0 	13.8	12.7 	15.0 
1940	63.6	61.6 	65.9 	12.8	12.1 	13.6 
1930	59.2	57.7 	60.9 	12.2	11.7 	12.8 
1920	56.4	55.5 	57.4 	12.5	12.2 	12.7 
1910	51.5	49.9 	53.2 	11.6	11.2 	12.0 
1900	49.2	47.9 	50.7 	11.9	11.5 	12.2 
						
Note:  The estimates for the decennial years are based on decennial census data and deaths for a three-year period around the census year.  						
Life expectancy estimates for years prior to 1930 are based on the death registration area only.  The death registration						
area increased from 10 states and the District of Columbia in 1900 to the coterminous United States in 1933.						

"Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics, Older Americans 2000: Key Indicators of Well-Being (2000): Table 12A; A.M. "						
"Minino et al. “Deaths: Final Data for 2000,” National Vital Statistics Reports, 50, Number 15 (2002). "