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{"title":"National Vital Statistics Reports.","authors":"Elizabeth C W Gregory, Claudia P Valenzuela, Donna L Hoyert","doi":"10.15620/cdc/174593","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15620/cdc/174593","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This report presents 2023 fetal mortality data by maternal race and Hispanic origin, age, tobacco use during pregnancy, and state of residence, as well as by plurality, sex, gestational age, birthweight, and selected causes of death. Trends in fetal mortality are also examined.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Descriptive tabulations of data are presented and interpreted for all fetal deaths reported for the United States for 2023 with a stated or presumed period of gestation of 20 weeks or more. Cause-of-fetal-death data only are restricted to residents of the 38 states and District of Columbia where cause of death was based on the 2003 fetal death report revision for the full year and less than 50% of deaths were attributed to Fetal death of unspecified cause (P95).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 20,005 fetal deaths at 20 weeks of gestation or more were reported in the United States in 2023. The 2023 U.S. fetal mortality rate was 5.53 fetal deaths at 20 weeks of gestation or more per 1,000 live births and fetal deaths, not significantly different from the rate of 5.48 in 2022. The fetal mortality rate in 2023 for deaths occurring at 20-27 weeks of gestation was 2.89, a 4% increase from 2022 (2.79). For deaths occurring at 28 weeks of gestation or more, the rate in 2023 (2.66) was not significantly different from 2022 (2.71). In 2023, the fetal mortality rate was highest for Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander non-Hispanic (10.18) and Black non-Hispanic (9.95) women and lowest for Asian non-Hispanic women (4.14). Fetal mortality rates were highest for females younger than 15 and age 40 and older, for women who smoked during pregnancy, and for women with multiple gestation pregnancies. Five selected causes accounted for 89.9% of fetal deaths in the 38-state and District of Columbia reporting area.</p>","PeriodicalId":35088,"journal":{"name":"National vital statistics reports : from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System","volume":" 8","pages":"1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144715203","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Trends in Mean Age of Mothers in the United States, 2016 to 2023","authors":"Andrea D Brown, Brady E Hamilton, Dmitry M Kissin, Joyce A Martin","doi":"10.15620/cdc/174598","DOIUrl":"10.15620/cdc/174598","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This report presents recent trends in the mean (average) age of mothers when they gave birth in the United States from 2016 to 2023. It updates previous analyses by examining trends in mean maternal age by birth order and presents trends and differences in mean age at first birth across race and Hispanic origin and urbanicity.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data are from the National Vital Statistics System, comprising all birth records in the United States for 2016-2023. Mean maternal age was calculated for first, second, and third and higher-order births (the number of live births born to a woman during her lifetime). Trends over time and differences by mother's race and Hispanic origin and urbanicity are described.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The mean age of mothers at first birth increased 0.9 year, from 26.6 in 2016 to 27.5 in 2023. Similar increases were observed for higher-order births, with mean age at birth rising by 1.0 year for second births and 0.9 year for third and higher-order births. All racial and ethnic groups saw an increase in mean age at first birth of 0.4-1.4 years. Mean maternal age at first birth rose across all levels of urbanicity, from large metropolitan counties to rural counties, by 0.7-0.9 year. In 2023, mothers in large metropolitan counties had the highest mean age at first birth (28.5), while those in noncore counties had the lowest (24.8).</p>","PeriodicalId":35088,"journal":{"name":"National vital statistics reports : from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System","volume":"74 9","pages":"1-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12278045/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144508723","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"National Vital Statistics Reports.","authors":"Jiaquan Xu, Sherry L Murphy, Kenneth D Kochanek, Elizabeth Arias","doi":"10.15620/cdc/174588","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15620/cdc/174588","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This report presents final 2022 data on U.S. deaths, death rates, life expectancy, infant and maternal mortality, and trends by selected characteristics such as age, sex, Hispanic origin and race, state of residence, and cause of death.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Information reported on death certificates is presented in descriptive tabulations. The original records are filed in state registration offices. Statistical information is compiled in a national database through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program of the National Center for Health Statistics. Causes of death are processed according to the <i>International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision</i> . Beginning in 2018, all states and the District of Columbia were using the 2003 revised certificate of death for the entire year, which includes the 1997 Office of Management and Budget revised standards for race. Data based on these revised standards are not completely comparable to previous years.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In 2022, a total of 3,279,857 deaths were reported in the United States. The age-adjusted death rate was 798.8 deaths per 100,000 U.S. standard population, a decrease of 9.2% from the 2021 rate. Life expectancy at birth was 77.5 years, an increase of 1.1 years from 2021. Age-specific death rates decreased from 2021 to 2022 for age groups 15-24, 25-34, 35-44, 45-54, 55-64, 65-74, 75-84, and 85 and older and increased for age groups 1-4 and 5-14. In 2022, the 10 leading causes of death remained the same as in 2021, although four causes changed rank. Heart disease remained the top leading cause, followed by cancer. The infant mortality rate, 5.60 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2022, increased 2.9% from the rate in 2021 (5.44).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In 2022, the age-adjusted death rate decreased and life expectancy at birth increased for the total, male, and female populations, primarily due to the decrease in deaths from COVID-19.</p>","PeriodicalId":35088,"journal":{"name":"National vital statistics reports : from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System","volume":" 4","pages":"1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144715202","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Change in the Primary Measure of Perinatal Mortality for Vital Statistics.","authors":"Elizabeth C W Gregory, Claudia P Valenzuela, Donna L Hoyert, Joyce A Martin","doi":"10.15620/cdc/174590","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15620/cdc/174590","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and objectives: </strong>Beginning with the 2023 data year, the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) will use a different, expanded measure of perinatal mortality for standard publications. This measure, Definition III, includes fetal deaths at 20 weeks of gestation or more and infant deaths younger than 7 days. Definition III replaces Definition I (fetal deaths at 28 weeks of gestation or more and infant deaths younger than 7 days), which has been used in NCHS reports since the 1980s. This change is being made due to the implementation of national reporting of all fetal deaths at 20 weeks of gestation or more as of 2014, allowing for the use of Definition III, which more fully represents the perinatal events most likely to be affected by similar factors. This report describes the reason for this change and compares trends in perinatal mortality rates based on Definition I and Definition III from 2014 to 2022 and differences in the two measures by maternal race and Hispanic origin, age, and state of residence for 2022.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data for perinatal mortality are derived from NCHS's National Vital Statistics System's fetal death, birth, and period linked birth/infant death files. Perinatal mortality rates for Definition III are compared with those for Definition I.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In 2022, Definition III comprised 91.4% of perinatal deaths (fetal deaths at 20 weeks of gestation or more and infant deaths younger than 28 days) compared with 60.7% of perinatal deaths captured by Definition I. The perinatal mortality rate for Definition III was about 50% higher than that for Definition I (8.27 and 5.51, respectively, in 2022). Trends in perinatal mortality were similar for both measures during 2014-2022; rates were stable from 2014 through 2016 and then declined from 2016 through 2022. For 2022, patterns by maternal race and Hispanic origin and age were also similar, but more variation in patterns was observed by state.</p>","PeriodicalId":35088,"journal":{"name":"National vital statistics reports : from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System","volume":" 5","pages":"1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144267449","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Change in the Primary Measure of Perinatal Mortality for Vital Statistics.","authors":"Elizabeth C W Gregory, Claudia P Valenzuela, Donna L Hoyert, Joyce A Martin","doi":"10.15620/cdc/174590","DOIUrl":"10.15620/cdc/174590","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and objectives: </strong>Beginning with the 2023 data year, the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) will use a different, expanded measure of perinatal mortality for standard publications. This measure, Definition III, includes fetal deaths at 20 weeks of gestation or more and infant deaths younger than 7 days. Definition III replaces Definition I (fetal deaths at 28 weeks of gestation or more and infant deaths younger than 7 days), which has been used in NCHS reports since the 1980s. This change is being made due to the implementation of national reporting of all fetal deaths at 20 weeks of gestation or more as of 2014, allowing for the use of Definition III, which more fully represents the perinatal events most likely to be affected by similar factors. This report describes the reason for this change and compares trends in perinatal mortality rates based on Definition I and Definition III from 2014 to 2022 and differences in the two measures by maternal race and Hispanic origin, age, and state of residence for 2022.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data for perinatal mortality are derived from NCHS's National Vital Statistics System's fetal death, birth, and period linked birth/infant death files. Perinatal mortality rates for Definition III are compared with those for Definition I.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In 2022, Definition III comprised 91.4% of perinatal deaths (fetal deaths at 20 weeks of gestation or more and infant deaths younger than 28 days) compared with 60.7% of perinatal deaths captured by Definition I. The perinatal mortality rate for Definition III was about 50% higher than that for Definition I (8.27 and 5.51, respectively, in 2022). Trends in perinatal mortality were similar for both measures during 2014-2022; rates were stable from 2014 through 2016 and then declined from 2016 through 2022. For 2022, patterns by maternal race and Hispanic origin and age were also similar, but more variation in patterns was observed by state.</p>","PeriodicalId":35088,"journal":{"name":"National vital statistics reports : from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System","volume":" 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12278034/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144226966","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"United States Life Tables, 2022.","authors":"Elizabeth Arias, Jiaquan Xu, Kenneth Kochanek","doi":"10.15620/cdc/174575","DOIUrl":"10.15620/cdc/174575","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>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 2022.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data used to prepare the 2022 life tables are 2022 final mortality statistics; July 1, 2022, population estimates based on the Blended Base population estimates produced by the U.S. Census Bureau; and 2022 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 2022 life tables for all other groups was first implemented with data year 2008.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In 2022, the overall expectation of life at birth was 77.5 years, increasing 1.1 years from 76.4 in 2021. Between 2021 and 2022, life expectancy at birth increased by 1.3 year for males (from 73.5 to 74.8) and by 0.9 year for females (79.3 to 80.2). Between 2021 and 2022, life expectancy increased 2.2 years for the Hispanic (77.8 to 80.0) and the American Indian and Alaska Native non-Hispanic (65.6 to 67.8) populations. Life expectancy increased by 1.6 years for the Black non-Hispanic population (71.2 to 72.8), by 0.9 year for the Asian non-Hispanic population (83.5 to 84.4), and by 0.8 year for the White non-Hispanic population (76.7 to 77.5).</p>","PeriodicalId":35088,"journal":{"name":"National vital statistics reports : from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System","volume":" 2","pages":"1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144267448","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"United States Life Tables, 2022.","authors":"Elizabeth Arias, Jiaquan Xu, Kenneth Kochanek","doi":"CS356949","DOIUrl":"CS356949","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>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 2022.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data used to prepare the 2022 life tables are 2022 final mortality statistics; July 1, 2022, population estimates based on the Blended Base population estimates produced by the U.S. Census Bureau; and 2022 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 2022 life tables for all other groups was first implemented with data year 2008.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In 2022, the overall expectation of life at birth was 77.5 years, increasing 1.1 years from 76.4 in 2021. Between 2021 and 2022, life expectancy at birth increased by 1.3 year for males (from 73.5 to 74.8) and by 0.9 year for females (79.3 to 80.2). Between 2021 and 2022, life expectancy increased 2.2 years for the Hispanic (77.8 to 80.0) and the American Indian and Alaska Native non-Hispanic (65.6 to 67.8) populations. Life expectancy increased by 1.6 years for the Black non-Hispanic population (71.2 to 72.8), by 0.9 year for the Asian non-Hispanic population (83.5 to 84.4), and by 0.8 year for the White non-Hispanic population (76.7 to 77.5).</p>","PeriodicalId":35088,"journal":{"name":"National vital statistics reports : from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System","volume":" 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12090878/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144080973","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Deaths: Final Data for 2021.","authors":"Sherry L Murphy, Kenneth D Kochanek, Jiaquan Xu, Elizabeth Arias","doi":"10.15620/cdc/158787","DOIUrl":"10.15620/cdc/158787","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This report presents final 2021 data on U.S. deaths, death rates, life expectancy, infant and maternal mortality, and trends by selected characteristics such as age, sex, Hispanic origin and race, state of residence, and cause of death.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Information reported on death certificates is presented in descriptive tabulations. The original records are filed in state registration offices. Statistical information is compiled in a national database through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program of the National Center for Health Statistics. Causes of death are processed according to the <i>International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision</i> . Beginning in 2018, all states and the District of Columbia were using the 2003 revised certificate of death for the entire year, which includes the 1997 Office of Management and Budget revised standards for race. Data based on these revised standards are not completely comparable to previous years.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In 2021, a total of 3,464,231 deaths were reported in the United States. The age-adjusted death rate was 879.7 deaths per 100,000 U.S. standard population, an increase of 5.3% from the 2020 rate. Life expectancy at birth was 76.4 years, a decrease of 0.6 year from 2020. Age-specific death rates increased from 2020 to 2021 for every age group. In 2021, 9 of the 10 leading causes of death remained the same as in 2020. Heart disease remained the top leading cause, followed by cancer and COVID-19. The infant mortality rate of 5.44 infant deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021 did not change significantly from the rate in 2020 (5.42).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In 2021, the age-adjusted death rate increased and life expectancy at birth decreased for the total, male, and female populations, primarily due to the influence of deaths from COVID-19.</p>","PeriodicalId":35088,"journal":{"name":"National vital statistics reports : from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System","volume":" 8","pages":"1-139"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12051083/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144031640","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Fetal Mortality: United States, 2022.","authors":"Elizabeth C W Gregory, Claudia P Valenzuela, Donna L Hoyert","doi":"10.15620/cdc/158788","DOIUrl":"10.15620/cdc/158788","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This report presents 2022 fetal mortality data by maternal race and Hispanic origin, age, tobacco use during pregnancy, and state of residence, as well as by plurality, sex, gestational age, birthweight, and selected causes of death. Trends in fetal mortality are also examined.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Descriptive tabulations of data are presented and interpreted for all fetal deaths reported for the United States for 2022 with a stated or presumed period of gestation of 20 weeks or more. Cause-of-fetal-death data only are restricted to residents of the 43 states and District of Columbia where cause of death was based on the 2003 fetal death report revision and less than 50% of deaths were attributed to Fetal death of unspecified cause (P95).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 20,202 fetal deaths at 20 weeks of gestation or more were reported in the United States in 2022. The 2022 U.S. fetal mortality rate was 5.48 fetal deaths at 20 weeks of gestation or more per 1,000 live births and fetal deaths, 4% lower than in 2021 (5.73) and a new historic low for the United States. The fetal mortality rate in 2022 for deaths occurring at 20-27 weeks of gestation was 2.79, a 5% decline from 2021 (2.95). For deaths occurring at 28 weeks of gestation or more, the rate in 2022 was 2.71, a 3% decline from 2021 (2.80). In 2022, the fetal mortality rate was highest for Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander non-Hispanic (10.36) and Black non-Hispanic (10.05) females and lowest for Asian non-Hispanic females (3.70). Fetal mortality rates were highest for women ages 40 and older, for women who smoked during pregnancy, and for women with multiple gestation pregnancies. Five selected causes accounted for 90.0% of fetal deaths in the 43-state and District of Columbia reporting area.</p>","PeriodicalId":35088,"journal":{"name":"National vital statistics reports : from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System","volume":" 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142476530","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"U.S. State Life Tables, 2021.","authors":"Elizabeth Arias, Jiaquan Xu, Betzaida Tejada-Vera, Brigham Bastian","doi":"10.15620/cdc/157499","DOIUrl":"10.15620/cdc/157499","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This report presents complete period life tables for each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia by sex based on age-specific death rates in 2021.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data used to prepare the 2021 state-specific life tables include: 2021 final mortality statistics; July 1, 2021, population estimates based on the Blended Base population estimates produced by the U.S. Census Bureau; and 2021 Medicare data for people ages 66-99. The methodology used to estimate the state-specific life tables is the same as that used to estimate the 2021 national life tables, with some modifications.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among the 50 states and District of Columbia, Hawaii had the highest life expectancy at birth, 79.9 years in 2021, and Mississippi had the lowest, 70.9 years. From 2020 to 2021, life expectancy at birth declined for 39 states, increased for 11 states, and remained unchanged for the District of Columbia. In 2021, life expectancy at age 65 ranged from 16.1 years in Mississippi to 20.6 years in Hawaii. Life expectancy at birth was higher for females in all states and the District of Columbia. The difference in life expectancy between females and males ranged from 3.9 years in Utah to 7.6 years in New Mexico.</p>","PeriodicalId":35088,"journal":{"name":"National vital statistics reports : from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System","volume":" 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11514824/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142476529","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}