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United States Life Expectancy 1970s

Name: United States Life Expectancy 1970s
Creator: World Bank
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Life expectancy at birth, total · World Bank

72.2 decade average (1970-1979)

United States's life expectancy during the 1970s ranged from 70.8 (1970) to 73.8 (1979), averaging 72.2 over 10 years of data.

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1970s Data▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
1970	70.8	+0.3	32nd
1971	71.1	+0.3	28th
1972	71.2	+0.0	28th
1973	71.4	+0.2	30th
1974	72.0	+0.6	25th
1975	72.6	+0.6	22nd
1976	72.9	+0.3	21st
1977	73.3	+0.4	21st
1978	73.4	+0.1	21st
1979	73.8	+0.4	19th