Life Expectancy at Age 74
13.2 years left on average (about 688 weeks), to about age 87.2.
The CDC's 2024 US life table gives a 74-year-old person 13.2 more years on average. Women this age have 14.0 and men 12.2. At 69 a person had 16.7 years left, so the five years from 69 to 74 cost them only 3.5 of them. Medicare starts at 65, and full Social Security retirement age is 67 for anyone born in 1960 or later.
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Chance of reaching each age
| Age | Chance a 74-year-old person reaches it |
|---|---|
| 75 | 97% |
| 80 | 82% |
| 85 | 61% |
| 90 | 36% |
| 95 | 14% |
| 100 | 2.9% |
Chance of being alive in 1, 5 and 10 years
| Time from now | Chance of being alive | Chance of dying first |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 97% | 2.5% (about 1 in 40) |
| 5 years | 86% | 14% (about 1 in 7) |
| 10 years | 66% | 34% (about 1 in 3) |
For a 74-year-old person, the chance of dying in the next 12 months is about 1 in 40, on 2024 US death rates.
Survival curve
Men, women and everyone at age 74
Nearby ages
Remaining years by age
Americans aged 74 have 13.2 years left on average. At 79 they have 10.0 and at 84 they have 7.2.
Life expectancy from 46 to 100 (everyone)
How these numbers work
71,897 of every 100,000 babies on the 2024 total table are still alive at 74, and 47,121 at 84. So 66% of 74-year-olds make it to 84. Half have died by 87.2, the median age, and by 95 only 10,093 of the 100,000 are left.
Source: National Center for Health Statistics, United States Life Tables, 2024 (Table 1, total population). Educational information, not medical or financial advice.
Life expectancy at 74 questions
How long will a 74-year-old person live?
13.2 more years is the average on the 2024 table, which takes a 74-year-old person to about 87.2. Half of Americans this age live past 87.2, and 1 in 4 past 92.3.
What are the chances a 74-year-old person lives to 90?
36 in 100, on 2024 US death rates. For 80 it is 82 in 100, and for 100 it is 3 in 100.
Is this a prediction for me?
No. It is the average for all Americans aged 74 on 2024 death rates. Health, habits, income and where you live can move your own number by years either way.
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