Table 2: United States Life Expectancy at Birth by Gender 1940 to 1994

Year	Total	Male	Female
1994	75.7	72.4	79.0
1993	75.5	72.2	78.8
1992	75.8	72.3	79.1
1991	75.5	72.0	78.9
1990	75.4	71.8	78.8
1985	74.7	71.1	78.2
1980	73.7	70.0	77.4
1975	72.6	68.8	76.6
1970	70.8	67.1	74.7
1960	69.7	66.6	73.1
1950	68.2	65.6	71.1
1940	62.9	60.8	65.2

Singh GK, Kochanek KD, MacDorman MF, National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) of Center for Disease Control (CDC), Advance Report of Final Mortality