Life Expectancy of a 47-Year-Old Woman

By Sohail Manzoor · Updated

36.4 years left on average (about 1,901 weeks), to about age 83.4.

The CDC's 2024 US life table gives a 47-year-old woman 36.4 more years on average, against 32.9 for a man the same age. At 42 a woman had 41.1 years left, so the five years from 42 to 47 took only 4.7 years off her remaining average.

85.7Half live past this age
91.81 in 4 live past this age
3.1%Chance of reaching 100

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Chance of reaching each age

AgeChance a 47-year-old woman reaches it
6095%
6591%
7086%
7579%
8068%
8552%
9033%
9514%
1003.1%

Chance of being alive in 1, 5 and 10 years

Time from nowChance of being aliveChance of dying within that time
1 year99.8%0.2% (about 1 in 428)
5 years98.6%1.4% (about 1 in 74)
10 years96.7%3.3% (about 1 in 30)

For a 47-year-old woman, the chance of dying in the next 12 months is about 1 in 428, on 2024 US death rates.

Survival curve

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Share of people aged 47 still alive at each later age (CDC 2024 female life table).

Men, women and everyone at age 47

Life tableYears leftAverage age reachedHalf live pastChance of 90
Male32.979.982.022%
Female36.483.485.733%
Everyone34.781.783.927%

Nearby ages

AgeYears left (female)Average age reached
4637.383.3
4736.483.4
4835.583.5
4934.683.6
5033.783.7
5132.883.8
5231.983.9

Remaining years by age

Women aged 47 have 36.4 years left on average. At 52 they have 31.9 and at 57 they have 27.5.

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Average years left at each age: solid line women, dashed line men (CDC 2024 US life tables).

Life expectancy at other ages (women)

How these numbers work

96,321 of every 100,000 babies on the 2024 female table are still alive at 47, and 93,138 at 57. So 97% of 47-year-olds make it to 57. Half have died by 85.7, the median age, and by 95 only 13,135 of the original 100,000 are left.

Source: National Center for Health Statistics, United States Life Tables, 2024 (Table 3, females). Educational information, not medical or financial advice.

Life expectancy at 47 questions

How long will a 47-year-old woman live?

36.4 more years is the average on the 2024 table, which takes a 47-year-old woman to about 83.4. Half of women this age live past 85.7, and 1 in 4 past 91.8.

What are the chances a 47-year-old woman lives to 90?

33 in 100, on 2024 US death rates. For 80 it is 68 in 100, and for 100 it is 3.1 in 100.

Is this a prediction for me?

No. It is the average for all women aged 47 in the US on 2024 death rates. Health, habits, income and where you live can move your own number by years either way.

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Page by Sohail Manzoor, Software Engineer and Full-Stack Developer. Data: CDC NCHS, United States Life Tables, 2024 · Educational statistics, not medical advice.

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