Life Expectancy at Age 84
7.2 years left on average (about 376 weeks), to about age 91.2.
The CDC's 2024 US life table gives a 84-year-old person 7.2 more years on average. Women this age have 7.6 and men 6.6. At 79 a person had 10.0 years left, so the five years from 79 to 84 cost them only 2.8 of them.
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Chance of reaching each age
| Age | Chance a 84-year-old person reaches it |
|---|---|
| 85 | 93% |
| 90 | 55% |
| 95 | 21% |
| 100 | 4.5% |
Chance of being alive in 1, 5 and 10 years
| Time from now | Chance of being alive | Chance of dying first |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 93% | 7.1% (about 1 in 14) |
| 5 years | 63% | 37% (about 1 in 3) |
| 10 years | 27% | 73% (about 1 in 1) |
For a 84-year-old person, the chance of dying in the next 12 months is about 1 in 14, on 2024 US death rates.
Survival curve
Men, women and everyone at age 84
Nearby ages
Remaining years by age
Americans aged 84 have 7.2 years left on average. At 89 they have 5.0 and at 94 they have 3.4.
Life expectancy from 46 to 100 (everyone)
How these numbers work
47,121 of every 100,000 babies on the 2024 total table are still alive at 84, and 12,710 at 94. So 27% of 84-year-olds make it to 94. Half have died by 90.6, 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 84 questions
How long will a 84-year-old person live?
7.2 more years is the average on the 2024 table, which takes a 84-year-old person to about 91.2. Half of Americans this age live past 90.6, and 1 in 4 past 94.4.
What are the chances a 84-year-old person lives to 90?
55 in 100, on 2024 US death rates. For 100 it is 4 in 100.
Is this a prediction for me?
No. It is the average for all Americans aged 84 on 2024 death rates. Health, habits, income and where you live can move your own number by years either way.
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