In 1981 the life expectancy in United States increased to 74.01 years.
That year, the life expectancy for women was 77.8 years and for men 70.4 years.United States’s position improvened with respect to the 189 countries we publish life expectancy, dropping from the 18th in 1980 to 17th in 1981.
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 1980, when it was 73.61 years, which is the same of what happens compared to 1971, when it was 71.11 years.
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