In 1974 the life expectancy in United States increased to 71.96 years.
That year, the life expectancy for women was 75.9 years and for men 68.2 years.United States’s position improvened with respect to the 188 countries we publish life expectancy, dropping from the 20th in 1973 to 17th in 1974.
If we look at the change in life expectancy in United States over the past several years, we find that it is higher than in 1973, when it was 71.36 years, which is the same of what happens compared to 1964, when it was 70.17 years.
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