United States Life Tables, 2023

Objectives: This report presents complete period life tables for the United States by Hispanic origin and race and sex, based on age-specific death rates in 2023. Methods: Data used to prepare the 2023 life tables are 2023 final mortality statistics; July 1, 2023, population estimates based on the blended base population estimates produced by the U.S. Census Bureau; and 2023 Medicare data for people ages 66-99. The methodology used to estimate the life tables for the Hispanic population remains unchanged from that developed for the publication of life tables by Hispanic origin for data year 2006. The same methodology is used to estimate the life tables for the American Indian and Alaska Native non-Hispanic and Asian non-Hispanic populations. The methodology used to estimate the 2023 life tables for all other groups was first implemented with data year 2008. Results: In 2023, the overall expectation of life at birth was 78.4 years, increasing 0.9 year from 77.5 years in 2022. Between 2022 and 2023, life expectancy at birth increased by 1.0 year for males (from 74.8 to 75.8) and by 0.9 year for females (80.2 to 81.1). Between 2022 and 2023, life expectancy increased by 2.3 years for the American Indian and Alaska Native non-Hispanic population (67.8 to 70.1), by 1.3 years for the Hispanic population (80.0 to 81.3), by 1.2 years for the Black non-Hispanic population (72.8 to 74.0), by 0.9 year or the White non-Hispanic population (77.5 to 78.4), and by 0.8 year for the Asian non-Hispanic population (84.4 to 85.2).