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Life Expectancy in United States vs Vietnam (1950-2025)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 79.6 years in the United States vs 74.9 in Vietnam. The United States is ranked 47/197 by life expectancy, and Vietnam is 91/197. In the United States, the life expectancy is 77.2 years for males and 82.1 years for females. In Vietnam, it's 70.2 years for males and 79.5 years for females.

United States vs Vietnam life expectancy at birth by year chart

United States
Male

Female
Vietnam
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
United States Vietnam
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 68.1 65.4 71 48 43.9 52.8
1951 68.2 65.4 71.2 48.7 44.4 53.6
1952 68.4 65.5 71.5 49.4 45 54.4
1953 68.7 65.8 71.9 50 45.5 55
1954 69.5 66.6 72.7 52 49 55.2
1955 69.6 66.6 72.8 54.8 52.3 57.4
1956 69.6 66.6 72.9 55.5 52.9 58.3
1957 69.4 66.4 72.7 56.2 53.5 59
1958 69.7 66.6 73 56.8 54 59.7
1959 69.9 66.8 73.3 57.4 54.5 60.4
1960 69.8 66.6 73.3 58 55.1 61.2
1961 70.3 67 73.7 58.5 55.4 61.7
1962 70.1 66.9 73.6 58.2 54.8 61.8
1963 69.9 66.6 73.5 56.9 53 61.1
1964 70.2 66.8 73.8 57.5 53.7 61.5
1965 70.2 66.8 73.9 57 52.8 61.6
1966 70.2 66.7 74 56.9 52.5 61.7
1967 70.5 66.9 74.3 56.7 52.2 61.7
1968 70.2 66.6 74.1 52.7 47.3 58.9
1969 70.5 66.8 74.4 54.8 49.7 60.6
1970 70.7 67 74.6 54.9 49.7 60.8
1971 71.1 67.4 75 55.6 50.4 61.4
1972 71.2 67.4 75.1 51.9 46 58.8
1973 71.4 67.6 75.3 55.7 50.3 61.7
1974 72 68.2 75.8 54.8 49.1 61.1
1975 72.5 68.7 76.5 61.9 57.4 66.5
1976 72.8 69.1 76.7 63.7 59.5 68
1977 73.2 69.4 77.1 64.1 59.8 68.5
1978 73.4 69.6 77.2 64.5 60.2 69
1979 73.8 70 77.7 65 60.6 69.6
1980 73.7 70 77.5 65.3 60.9 69.9
1981 74.1 70.4 77.8 65.8 61.4 70.3
1982 74.5 70.8 78.1 66.2 62 70.5
1983 74.6 71 78.1 66.5 62.5 70.7
1984 74.7 71.1 78.2 66.9 62.9 71
1985 74.7 71.1 78.2 67.2 63.1 71.3
1986 74.7 71.1 78.3 67.6 63.5 71.7
1987 74.9 71.3 78.4 68 63.9 72.1
1988 74.8 71.3 78.3 68.6 64.6 72.5
1989 75.1 71.6 78.6 68.8 64.9 72.7
1990 75.4 71.8 78.8 69 65 73.1
1991 75.5 72 79 69.3 65.3 73.3
1992 75.8 72.3 79.2 69.6 65.7 73.5
1993 75.6 72.2 78.9 70 66.1 73.7
1994 75.7 72.4 79.1 70.4 66.7 74
1995 75.9 72.6 79.1 70.9 67.1 74.5
1996 76.2 73.1 79.2 71.3 67.5 75
1997 76.5 73.5 79.4 71.7 67.7 75.5
1998 76.7 73.8 79.4 72.3 68.1 76.4
1999 76.7 73.9 79.3 72.6 68.1 77
2000 76.8 74.1 79.4 72.7 68.2 77.3
2001 76.9 74.3 79.5 73 68.3 77.7
2002 77 74.3 79.6 73.1 68.3 78
2003 77.1 74.5 79.7 73.2 68.3 78.2
2004 77.5 75 80.1 73.1 68.3 77.8
2005 77.5 75 80.1 73.2 68.4 78
2006 77.8 75.2 80.3 73.3 68.5 78
2007 78 75.5 80.6 73.4 68.6 78.2
2008 78.1 75.6 80.6 73.5 68.6 78.2
2009 78.5 76 80.9 73.5 68.7 78.3
2010 78.7 76.2 81.1 73.6 68.8 78.4
2011 78.7 76.3 81.1 73.7 68.9 78.4
2012 78.8 76.4 81.2 73.8 69 78.5
2013 78.8 76.4 81.2 73.8 69 78.5
2014 78.9 76.5 81.3 73.9 69.1 78.6
2015 78.7 76.3 81.1 74 69.1 78.7
2016 78.7 76.2 81.2 74 69.2 78.8
2017 78.6 76.2 81.2 74 69.2 78.8
2018 78.8 76.3 81.3 74.1 69.3 78.9
2019 78.9 76.5 81.5 74.2 69.4 79
2020 77 74.3 79.9 75.4 70.4 80.3
2021 76.4 73.6 79.4 74.1 69.5 78.8
2022 78 75.3 80.8 74.5 69.8 79.2
2023 79.3 76.9 81.8 74.6 69.9 79.3
2024 79.5 77 82 74.7 70.1 79.4
2025 79.6 77.2 82.1 74.9 70.2 79.5

Life expectancy is the average age of death for a hypothetical cohort of newborns if they experienced the age-specific mortality rates of one particular year throughout their entire life. It is a snapshot reflecting mortality rates at a given year that does not account for any future changes in these rates.

Healthy life expectancy at birth, defined by the World Health Organization as the average number of years a person can expect to live in full health, is 63.9 years in the United States and 65.4 in Vietnam. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 15.7 healthy years in the United States and 15.1 in Vietnam.

United States vs Vietnam life expectancy calculator

This life expectancy calculator assesses the odds of living to 100, 95, 90, and below based on the current age for both males and females in the United States and Vietnam, also providing mean and median age of death. The calculations are based on the 2025 life tables (actuarial tables) from the UN World Population Prospects.


Mean remaining life expectancy:
50.8 vs 48.0 years

Mean expected age of death:
80.8 vs 78.0 years

Median expected age of death:
84.1 vs 80.5 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
United States Vietnam
Male Female Male Female
40 98.0% 99.0% 97.2% 99.0%
50 95.1% 97.2% 93.1% 97.2%
60 88.6% 93.1% 85.0% 93.7%
65 83.3% 89.7% 78.2% 90.5%
70 76.6% 85.1% 68.5% 85.1%
75 67.6% 78.3% 55.3% 76.5%
80 55.6% 68.3% 38.8% 63.3%
85 40.2% 53.7% 21.5% 45.2%
90 22.4% 34.1% 8.2% 25.5%
95 7.8% 14.6% 1.8% 10.0%
100 1.3% 3.3% 0.2% 2.3%

Remaining life expectancy by current age

Life expectancy is often mistaken for the average lifespan of an adult. An adult has already survived early-age mortality causes and is expected to have a longer lifespan than calculated from birth.

The life expectancy from current ages in the United States vs Vietnam: 80.8 years vs 78 at 30, 85.1 vs 82.5 at 65, 89.6 vs 88.1 at 80 — significantly higher than the 79.6 vs 74.9 years calculated at birth.

The chart and table below account for the remaining lifespan and display total life expectancy by age and gender in the United States and Vietnam.

United States
Male

Female
Vietnam
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
United States Vietnam
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 79.6 77.2 82.1 74.9 70.2 79.5
1 80 77.6 82.5 76 71.4 80.4
2 80 77.7 82.5 76.1 71.5 80.6
3 80 77.7 82.5 76.2 71.6 80.6
4 80.1 77.7 82.5 76.3 71.7 80.7
5 80.1 77.7 82.5 76.3 71.8 80.8
6 80.1 77.7 82.5 76.4 71.9 80.8
7 80.1 77.7 82.5 76.5 72 80.8
8 80.1 77.7 82.5 76.5 72.1 80.9
9 80.1 77.7 82.6 76.6 72.1 80.9
10 80.1 77.7 82.6 76.6 72.2 80.9
11 80.1 77.8 82.6 76.6 72.2 80.9
12 80.1 77.8 82.6 76.7 72.3 81
13 80.1 77.8 82.6 76.7 72.3 81
14 80.1 77.8 82.6 76.8 72.4 81
15 80.1 77.8 82.6 76.8 72.4 81
16 80.2 77.8 82.6 76.8 72.5 81
17 80.2 77.8 82.6 76.9 72.6 81.1
18 80.2 77.9 82.6 77 72.7 81.1
19 80.2 77.9 82.7 77 72.8 81.1
20 80.3 78 82.7 77.1 72.9 81.2
21 80.3 78 82.7 77.2 73 81.2
22 80.4 78.1 82.7 77.3 73.1 81.3
23 80.4 78.2 82.8 77.4 73.2 81.3
24 80.5 78.3 82.8 77.5 73.4 81.3
25 80.5 78.3 82.8 77.5 73.5 81.4
26 80.6 78.4 82.9 77.6 73.6 81.4
27 80.7 78.5 82.9 77.7 73.7 81.5
28 80.7 78.6 82.9 77.8 73.8 81.5
29 80.8 78.7 83 77.9 73.9 81.6
30 80.8 78.7 83 78 74.1 81.6
31 80.9 78.8 83 78 74.2 81.7
32 81 78.9 83.1 78.1 74.3 81.7
33 81 79 83.1 78.2 74.4 81.7
34 81.1 79.1 83.2 78.3 74.5 81.8
35 81.2 79.2 83.2 78.4 74.6 81.8
36 81.2 79.3 83.3 78.4 74.7 81.9
37 81.3 79.3 83.3 78.5 74.8 81.9
38 81.4 79.4 83.4 78.6 75 82
39 81.5 79.5 83.4 78.7 75.1 82
40 81.5 79.6 83.5 78.8 75.2 82.1
41 81.6 79.7 83.5 78.9 75.3 82.1
42 81.7 79.8 83.6 79 75.4 82.2
43 81.8 79.9 83.7 79.1 75.5 82.3
44 81.9 80 83.7 79.2 75.7 82.3
45 81.9 80.1 83.8 79.3 75.8 82.4
46 82 80.2 83.9 79.4 75.9 82.4
47 82.1 80.3 83.9 79.5 76.1 82.5
48 82.2 80.4 84 79.6 76.2 82.6
49 82.3 80.5 84.1 79.7 76.3 82.7
50 82.4 80.7 84.2 79.8 76.5 82.7
51 82.6 80.8 84.3 79.9 76.7 82.8
52 82.7 81 84.4 80.1 76.8 82.9
53 82.8 81.1 84.5 80.2 77 83
54 83 81.3 84.6 80.4 77.2 83.1
55 83.1 81.5 84.7 80.6 77.4 83.2
56 83.3 81.7 84.9 80.7 77.6 83.3
57 83.5 81.9 85 80.9 77.8 83.4
58 83.6 82.1 85.2 81 78.1 83.5
59 83.8 82.3 85.3 81.2 78.3 83.7
60 84 82.5 85.5 81.4 78.5 83.8
61 84.2 82.7 85.6 81.6 78.7 83.9
62 84.4 83 85.8 81.8 79 84
63 84.6 83.2 86 82 79.3 84.2
64 84.9 83.5 86.1 82.3 79.6 84.3
65 85.1 83.8 86.3 82.5 79.9 84.5
66 85.3 84 86.5 82.8 80.2 84.7
67 85.6 84.3 86.7 83 80.5 84.9
68 85.8 84.6 86.9 83.3 80.9 85.1
69 86.1 84.9 87.1 83.6 81.2 85.3
70 86.3 85.2 87.3 83.9 81.6 85.6
71 86.6 85.5 87.5 84.3 82 85.8
72 86.9 85.8 87.8 84.6 82.4 86.1
73 87.2 86.2 88 85 82.8 86.4
74 87.5 86.5 88.3 85.4 83.3 86.7
75 87.8 86.9 88.6 85.8 83.8 87
76 88.1 87.2 88.9 86.2 84.3 87.4
77 88.5 87.6 89.2 86.6 84.8 87.7
78 88.8 88 89.5 87.1 85.3 88.1
79 89.2 88.4 89.8 87.6 85.8 88.5
80 89.6 88.9 90.2 88.1 86.4 89
81 90 89.3 90.6 88.6 87 89.4
82 90.4 89.8 90.9 89.2 87.6 89.9
83 90.9 90.2 91.4 89.7 88.2 90.4
84 91.4 90.7 91.8 90.3 88.9 91
85 91.8 91.3 92.2 91 89.6 91.5
86 92.3 91.8 92.7 91.6 90.3 92.1
87 92.9 92.4 93.2 92.3 91 92.7
88 93.5 93 93.8 92.9 91.7 93.4
89 94 93.6 94.3 93.6 92.5 94
90 94.7 94.2 94.9 94.4 93.2 94.7
91 95.3 94.9 95.5 95.1 94 95.4
92 96 95.6 96.2 95.8 94.8 96.1
93 96.7 96.3 96.9 96.6 95.6 96.8
94 97.4 97.1 97.6 97.4 96.4 97.6
95 98.2 97.9 98.3 98.2 97.2 98.3
96 98.9 98.7 99.1 99 98.1 99.1
97 99.7 99.5 99.8 99.8 99 99.9
98 100.5 100.3 100.6 100.6 99.9 100.7
99 101.4 101.2 101.4 101.5 100.8 101.5
100 102.2 102 102.3 102.4 101.8 102.4

Odds of living to age in United States vs Vietnam

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 89% in the United States and 85.2% in Vietnam are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 79.2% and 73.4% will live to 70 years or older, 60.7% and 49.1% to 80+ years, and 27.7% and 16.6% will live past 90 years old.

For longevity rates starting from an age other than 0, use the probability of survival to an age calculator provided above.

United States
Male

Female
Vietnam
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
United States Vietnam
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 99.5% 99.5% 99.6% 98.6% 98.3% 98.8%
2 99.5% 99.4% 99.5% 98.4% 98.2% 98.7%
3 99.5% 99.4% 99.5% 98.3% 98% 98.6%
4 99.4% 99.4% 99.5% 98.2% 97.9% 98.5%
5 99.4% 99.4% 99.5% 98.1% 97.8% 98.4%
6 99.4% 99.4% 99.5% 98% 97.6% 98.4%
7 99.4% 99.3% 99.5% 97.9% 97.5% 98.3%
8 99.4% 99.3% 99.5% 97.8% 97.4% 98.3%
9 99.4% 99.3% 99.5% 97.8% 97.3% 98.2%
10 99.4% 99.3% 99.4% 97.7% 97.2% 98.2%
11 99.4% 99.3% 99.4% 97.6% 97.1% 98.2%
12 99.4% 99.3% 99.4% 97.6% 97.1% 98.2%
13 99.3% 99.3% 99.4% 97.5% 97% 98.1%
14 99.3% 99.3% 99.4% 97.5% 96.9% 98.1%
15 99.3% 99.2% 99.4% 97.4% 96.8% 98.1%
16 99.3% 99.2% 99.4% 97.3% 96.7% 98%
17 99.3% 99.2% 99.4% 97.2% 96.6% 98%
18 99.2% 99.1% 99.3% 97.1% 96.4% 97.9%
19 99.2% 99% 99.3% 97% 96.2% 97.9%
20 99.1% 98.9% 99.3% 96.9% 96% 97.8%
21 99% 98.8% 99.2% 96.7% 95.8% 97.7%
22 98.9% 98.7% 99.2% 96.6% 95.6% 97.7%
23 98.8% 98.6% 99.1% 96.4% 95.3% 97.6%
24 98.8% 98.4% 99.1% 96.3% 95.1% 97.5%
25 98.7% 98.3% 99% 96.1% 94.9% 97.5%
26 98.6% 98.2% 99% 96% 94.6% 97.4%
27 98.4% 98% 98.9% 95.8% 94.4% 97.3%
28 98.3% 97.8% 98.9% 95.7% 94.2% 97.2%
29 98.2% 97.7% 98.8% 95.5% 93.9% 97.2%
30 98.1% 97.5% 98.7% 95.3% 93.7% 97.1%
31 98% 97.4% 98.6% 95.2% 93.5% 97%
32 97.8% 97.2% 98.6% 95% 93.2% 96.9%
33 97.7% 97% 98.5% 94.8% 93% 96.8%
34 97.6% 96.8% 98.4% 94.7% 92.7% 96.7%
35 97.4% 96.6% 98.3% 94.5% 92.5% 96.6%
36 97.3% 96.4% 98.2% 94.3% 92.2% 96.5%
37 97.1% 96.2% 98.1% 94.1% 91.9% 96.4%
38 97% 96% 98% 93.9% 91.7% 96.3%
39 96.8% 95.8% 97.8% 93.7% 91.4% 96.2%
40 96.6% 95.6% 97.7% 93.5% 91.1% 96.1%
41 96.4% 95.4% 97.6% 93.3% 90.8% 96%
42 96.3% 95.2% 97.5% 93.1% 90.4% 95.8%
43 96.1% 94.9% 97.3% 92.8% 90.1% 95.7%
44 95.9% 94.7% 97.2% 92.6% 89.8% 95.5%
45 95.6% 94.4% 97% 92.3% 89.4% 95.4%
46 95.4% 94.1% 96.8% 92% 89% 95.2%
47 95.2% 93.8% 96.6% 91.7% 88.6% 95%
48 94.9% 93.5% 96.4% 91.4% 88.2% 94.8%
49 94.6% 93.1% 96.2% 91.1% 87.7% 94.6%
50 94.3% 92.7% 95.9% 90.7% 87.2% 94.4%
51 93.9% 92.3% 95.6% 90.3% 86.7% 94.1%
52 93.5% 91.8% 95.3% 89.9% 86% 93.9%
53 93.1% 91.3% 95% 89.4% 85.4% 93.6%
54 92.6% 90.8% 94.7% 88.9% 84.7% 93.2%
55 92.1% 90.2% 94.3% 88.3% 83.9% 92.9%
56 91.6% 89.5% 93.9% 87.7% 83.2% 92.6%
57 91% 88.8% 93.4% 87.2% 82.4% 92.2%
58 90.4% 88.1% 92.9% 86.5% 81.5% 91.8%
59 89.7% 87.3% 92.4% 85.9% 80.6% 91.4%
60 89% 86.4% 91.9% 85.2% 79.7% 90.9%
61 88.3% 85.5% 91.3% 84.4% 78.6% 90.4%
62 87.5% 84.5% 90.7% 83.5% 77.4% 89.9%
63 86.6% 83.5% 90% 82.6% 76.2% 89.3%
64 85.7% 82.4% 89.3% 81.6% 74.8% 88.6%
65 84.8% 81.2% 88.6% 80.4% 73.3% 87.8%
66 83.8% 80% 87.8% 79.2% 71.7% 87%
67 82.7% 78.8% 87% 77.9% 70% 86%
68 81.6% 77.5% 86.1% 76.5% 68.1% 85%
69 80.5% 76.1% 85.1% 75% 66.2% 83.9%
70 79.2% 74.7% 84% 73.4% 64.1% 82.6%
71 77.9% 73.1% 82.9% 71.6% 62% 81.3%
72 76.4% 71.5% 81.7% 69.7% 59.6% 79.7%
73 74.9% 69.8% 80.3% 67.7% 57.2% 78.1%
74 73.3% 67.9% 78.9% 65.5% 54.5% 76.2%
75 71.5% 65.9% 77.3% 63.1% 51.8% 74.2%
76 69.6% 63.8% 75.6% 60.6% 48.9% 72.1%
77 67.6% 61.6% 73.8% 58% 45.9% 69.7%
78 65.4% 59.3% 71.8% 55.2% 42.8% 67.2%
79 63.1% 56.8% 69.7% 52.2% 39.6% 64.4%
80 60.7% 54.2% 67.4% 49.1% 36.3% 61.5%
81 58.1% 51.5% 64.9% 45.9% 33% 58.3%
82 55.3% 48.6% 62.3% 42.6% 29.7% 54.9%
83 52.4% 45.6% 59.4% 39.2% 26.5% 51.4%
84 49.3% 42.5% 56.3% 35.8% 23.3% 47.7%
85 46% 39.2% 53.1% 32.4% 20.2% 43.9%
86 42.6% 35.8% 49.5% 29% 17.2% 40%
87 39% 32.4% 45.8% 25.7% 14.5% 36.1%
88 35.3% 28.8% 41.9% 22.5% 11.9% 32.2%
89 31.5% 25.3% 37.8% 19.4% 9.68% 28.5%
90 27.7% 21.8% 33.6% 16.6% 7.69% 24.8%
91 24% 18.5% 29.5% 13.9% 5.99% 21.2%
92 20.4% 15.3% 25.4% 11.5% 4.56% 17.9%
93 17% 12.4% 21.4% 9.36% 3.37% 14.9%
94 13.8% 9.83% 17.8% 7.48% 2.42% 12.2%
95 11% 7.57% 14.4% 5.87% 1.68% 9.73%
96 8.54% 5.67% 11.3% 4.51% 1.12% 7.64%
97 6.45% 4.12% 8.7% 3.4% 0.72% 5.87%
98 4.73% 2.9% 6.49% 2.5% 0.45% 4.39%
99 3.37% 1.98% 4.69% 1.78% 0.27% 3.19%
100 2.32% 1.3% 3.28% 1.24% 0.16% 2.24%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 0.48% in the birth year in the United States and 1.43% in Vietnam, 0.13% vs 0.17% at age 30, 0.84% vs 0.91% at 60, and 4.29% vs 6.53% at 80.

Below is a graph displaying the probabilities of dying in the United States compared to Vietnam at any given age.

United States
Male

Female
Vietnam
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
United States Vietnam
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 0.48% 0.53% 0.43% 1.43% 1.68% 1.16%
1 0.05% 0.05% 0.04% 0.15% 0.14% 0.16%
2 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.13% 0.14% 0.12%
3 0.02% 0.02% 0.01% 0.12% 0.14% 0.09%
4 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.11% 0.14% 0.07%
5 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.1% 0.13% 0.05%
6 0.01% 0.01% 0.009% 0.09% 0.13% 0.04%
7 0.01% 0.01% 0.009% 0.08% 0.11% 0.04%
8 0.009% 0.01% 0.008% 0.07% 0.1% 0.03%
9 0.009% 0.01% 0.008% 0.06% 0.09% 0.03%
10 0.01% 0.01% 0.008% 0.06% 0.08% 0.03%
11 0.01% 0.01% 0.009% 0.05% 0.08% 0.03%
12 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.06% 0.08% 0.03%
13 0.01% 0.02% 0.01% 0.06% 0.08% 0.03%
14 0.02% 0.02% 0.01% 0.07% 0.1% 0.04%
15 0.02% 0.03% 0.02% 0.08% 0.11% 0.04%
16 0.03% 0.04% 0.02% 0.09% 0.14% 0.04%
17 0.04% 0.06% 0.03% 0.11% 0.16% 0.05%
18 0.06% 0.08% 0.03% 0.12% 0.19% 0.05%
19 0.07% 0.1% 0.04% 0.14% 0.21% 0.06%
20 0.08% 0.11% 0.04% 0.15% 0.23% 0.06%
21 0.08% 0.12% 0.04% 0.15% 0.24% 0.07%
22 0.09% 0.13% 0.05% 0.16% 0.24% 0.07%
23 0.09% 0.14% 0.05% 0.16% 0.24% 0.07%
24 0.1% 0.14% 0.05% 0.16% 0.24% 0.08%
25 0.1% 0.15% 0.06% 0.16% 0.24% 0.08%
26 0.11% 0.15% 0.06% 0.16% 0.24% 0.08%
27 0.11% 0.16% 0.06% 0.16% 0.25% 0.08%
28 0.12% 0.16% 0.07% 0.17% 0.25% 0.09%
29 0.12% 0.17% 0.07% 0.17% 0.25% 0.09%
30 0.13% 0.17% 0.08% 0.17% 0.26% 0.09%
31 0.13% 0.18% 0.08% 0.18% 0.26% 0.09%
32 0.14% 0.18% 0.09% 0.18% 0.27% 0.09%
33 0.14% 0.19% 0.09% 0.18% 0.27% 0.09%
34 0.15% 0.19% 0.1% 0.19% 0.28% 0.09%
35 0.15% 0.2% 0.1% 0.19% 0.28% 0.1%
36 0.16% 0.2% 0.11% 0.19% 0.29% 0.1%
37 0.16% 0.21% 0.11% 0.2% 0.3% 0.11%
38 0.17% 0.22% 0.12% 0.21% 0.31% 0.11%
39 0.18% 0.23% 0.13% 0.22% 0.32% 0.12%
40 0.18% 0.23% 0.13% 0.24% 0.34% 0.14%
41 0.19% 0.24% 0.14% 0.25% 0.36% 0.15%
42 0.2% 0.25% 0.15% 0.27% 0.38% 0.16%
43 0.21% 0.26% 0.16% 0.28% 0.39% 0.17%
44 0.23% 0.28% 0.17% 0.29% 0.41% 0.17%
45 0.25% 0.31% 0.19% 0.3% 0.42% 0.18%
46 0.27% 0.33% 0.2% 0.32% 0.45% 0.19%
47 0.29% 0.35% 0.22% 0.34% 0.48% 0.2%
48 0.31% 0.38% 0.24% 0.37% 0.52% 0.22%
49 0.34% 0.42% 0.26% 0.4% 0.58% 0.24%
50 0.37% 0.46% 0.29% 0.45% 0.64% 0.26%
51 0.41% 0.5% 0.31% 0.5% 0.71% 0.29%
52 0.45% 0.55% 0.34% 0.54% 0.77% 0.32%
53 0.49% 0.6% 0.37% 0.58% 0.83% 0.34%
54 0.54% 0.66% 0.41% 0.61% 0.88% 0.36%
55 0.59% 0.73% 0.44% 0.64% 0.92% 0.38%
56 0.63% 0.79% 0.48% 0.67% 0.96% 0.4%
57 0.69% 0.85% 0.52% 0.71% 1.02% 0.42%
58 0.74% 0.92% 0.55% 0.76% 1.1% 0.45%
59 0.79% 0.99% 0.59% 0.83% 1.2% 0.49%
60 0.84% 1.06% 0.63% 0.91% 1.33% 0.55%
61 0.91% 1.14% 0.68% 1.02% 1.48% 0.61%
62 0.97% 1.22% 0.72% 1.13% 1.64% 0.69%
63 1.04% 1.31% 0.78% 1.25% 1.82% 0.77%
64 1.11% 1.4% 0.83% 1.37% 2.01% 0.86%
65 1.17% 1.47% 0.88% 1.5% 2.19% 0.96%
66 1.25% 1.56% 0.95% 1.64% 2.39% 1.07%
67 1.33% 1.65% 1.03% 1.8% 2.6% 1.19%
68 1.43% 1.76% 1.12% 1.98% 2.84% 1.33%
69 1.55% 1.9% 1.23% 2.18% 3.11% 1.49%
70 1.68% 2.05% 1.35% 2.41% 3.41% 1.67%
71 1.85% 2.24% 1.49% 2.66% 3.75% 1.87%
72 2.01% 2.43% 1.64% 2.93% 4.14% 2.09%
73 2.21% 2.65% 1.81% 3.24% 4.58% 2.34%
74 2.42% 2.91% 2% 3.59% 5.06% 2.61%
75 2.65% 3.18% 2.19% 3.96% 5.59% 2.92%
76 2.91% 3.48% 2.41% 4.35% 6.16% 3.26%
77 3.18% 3.79% 2.67% 4.83% 6.79% 3.65%
78 3.5% 4.15% 2.95% 5.36% 7.47% 4.09%
79 3.87% 4.57% 3.29% 5.92% 8.22% 4.6%
80 4.29% 5.05% 3.67% 6.53% 9.04% 5.17%
81 4.78% 5.6% 4.11% 7.19% 9.95% 5.8%
82 5.29% 6.19% 4.59% 7.92% 11% 6.48%
83 5.9% 6.88% 5.16% 8.72% 12.1% 7.21%
84 6.61% 7.69% 5.84% 9.58% 13.3% 7.98%
85 7.44% 8.61% 6.63% 10.5% 14.6% 8.81%
86 8.41% 9.67% 7.55% 11.5% 16% 9.71%
87 9.54% 10.9% 8.61% 12.5% 17.5% 10.7%
88 10.8% 12.3% 9.76% 13.6% 18.9% 11.8%
89 12% 13.7% 11% 14.7% 20.5% 13%
90 13.4% 15.2% 12.3% 16% 22.1% 14.2%
91 15.1% 17.1% 13.9% 17.3% 24% 15.6%
92 16.7% 19% 15.5% 18.7% 26% 17%
93 18.5% 21% 17.2% 20.1% 28.2% 18.4%
94 20.4% 23% 19.1% 21.5% 30.6% 19.9%
95 22.4% 25.1% 21.1% 23.1% 33.1% 21.5%
96 24.5% 27.3% 23.2% 24.7% 35.6% 23.2%
97 26.6% 29.6% 25.4% 26.5% 38% 25.2%
98 28.9% 31.9% 27.7% 28.5% 40.2% 27.4%
99 31.1% 34.2% 30% 30.7% 42.2% 29.7%
100 33.3% 36.5% 32.2% 32.4% 44.6% 31.6%

Death rate by age in the United States compared to Vietnam

In the United States, the most common age of death is 88, compared to 84 in Vietnam. The median age of death is 83.8 in the United States and 79.7 in Vietnam — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

United States
Male

Female
Vietnam
Male

Female
Age Death rate
United States Vietnam
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 480 526 432 1,433 1,677 1,164
1 46.6 51.7 41.3 147.5 138 157.9
2 17.6 19.9 15.2 128.7 138.4 117.9
3 15.3 17.4 13.2 114.7 138 88.7
4 13.1 14.7 11.4 103.8 135.8 67.9
5 10.7 11.8 9.6 94.2 131 53.2
6 9.83 10.7 8.92 84.8 122.9 43.1
7 9.64 10.5 8.74 75.5 112.1 36.4
8 9.33 10.2 8.38 67.2 100.2 32.1
9 9.24 10.3 8.12 60.4 89.2 29.8
10 9.7 11 8.28 55.6 80.9 28.8
11 10.4 11.8 8.88 53.4 76.6 29
12 11.8 13.3 10.1 54.2 76.8 30.3
13 14.5 16.8 12 58.1 82.4 32.5
14 18.7 22.7 14.5 65.3 93.6 35.6
15 24.4 31.3 17.2 76 110.9 39.5
16 32.3 43.4 20.5 89.6 133.4 43.9
17 43.8 60.7 25.8 104.8 158.8 48.5
18 56.5 79.9 31.6 119.8 184 53.2
19 67 96 36 132.4 204.9 57.6
20 75.2 108.7 39.4 141.7 219.7 61.6
21 82.7 120 42.9 147.7 228 65.2
22 88.5 128.1 46.2 150.9 231.3 68.4
23 92.8 133.8 49 152.5 231.8 71.2
24 97.3 139.5 52 153.7 230.9 73.9
25 101.9 145.2 55.4 155 230.3 76.4
26 107 151 59.5 156.1 230.4 78.7
27 112 156.6 63.8 157.8 231.9 80.8
28 116.3 161.3 67.6 160.1 234.8 82.8
29 120.8 165.8 72 162.8 238.8 84.6
30 124.8 168.9 76.9 165.9 243.3 86.2
31 128.9 172 82.1 168.7 247.5 87.3
32 134.2 177.1 87.5 171.1 251.1 88.2
33 139.2 182.8 91.9 173.3 253.8 89.1
34 144.1 188.3 96.1 175.6 256.2 90.4
35 148.5 192.6 100.6 178.2 259.3 92.6
36 153.6 197.5 106 182.2 264 96.2
37 159.4 203.3 111.7 188.7 271.3 101.8
38 165.1 209 117.2 198 281.7 109.5
39 171.7 216.1 123.3 209.6 294.9 119.3
40 177.9 222.3 129.5 222.8 310 130.5
41 184.9 229.1 136.8 235.9 325 141.8
42 192.7 236.9 144.8 247.7 339 151.8
43 204.3 249.6 155.2 258.2 352 159.9
44 219.8 267.7 168.1 267.6 365 166
45 237.3 288.3 182.1 277.6 379 171.8
46 255.4 310 196.9 290.6 398 178.8
47 274.6 332 212.7 309 425 189
48 296.6 358 230.6 335 461 203.9
49 323 389 251.6 368 507 223.8
50 352 425 274.4 408 560 248
51 386 465 300 449 615 274.1
52 419 505 326 487 667 299.1
53 456 551 353 520 710 321
54 497 603 383 545 743 338
55 539 654 416 566 771 352
56 581 704 449 587 801 368
57 624 756 482 615 840 387
58 666 808 514 655 894 414
59 709 861 548 709 966 450
60 752 914 581 779 1,056 497
61 803 975 619 859 1,161 554
62 851 1,034 656 945 1,274 619
63 903 1,095 699 1,033 1,388 690
64 952 1,150 741 1,120 1,500 765
65 995 1,197 782 1,208 1,608 845
66 1,048 1,251 835 1,299 1,713 932
67 1,102 1,304 893 1,404 1,821 1,026
68 1,167 1,366 963 1,517 1,935 1,131
69 1,245 1,443 1,045 1,633 2,056 1,248
70 1,332 1,529 1,132 1,766 2,187 1,378
71 1,438 1,637 1,236 1,906 2,326 1,518
72 1,537 1,735 1,338 2,045 2,471 1,668
73 1,652 1,851 1,454 2,193 2,616 1,826
74 1,774 1,973 1,574 2,352 2,758 1,991
75 1,896 2,097 1,696 2,501 2,892 2,164
76 2,022 2,219 1,826 2,640 3,013 2,348
77 2,151 2,336 1,967 2,798 3,116 2,543
78 2,289 2,458 2,121 2,957 3,196 2,749
79 2,445 2,599 2,293 3,093 3,253 2,964
80 2,605 2,741 2,472 3,209 3,284 3,177
81 2,773 2,885 2,668 3,303 3,288 3,380
82 2,926 3,008 2,858 3,376 3,262 3,558
83 3,092 3,138 3,068 3,421 3,201 3,702
84 3,258 3,264 3,290 3,432 3,100 3,804
85 3,422 3,375 3,517 3,399 2,954 3,864
86 3,584 3,466 3,740 3,322 2,760 3,884
87 3,724 3,529 3,945 3,204 2,526 3,862
88 3,795 3,534 4,085 3,048 2,262 3,799
89 3,786 3,461 4,147 2,861 1,983 3,688
90 3,719 3,326 4,151 2,645 1,704 3,524
91 3,614 3,157 4,105 2,405 1,435 3,307
92 3,406 2,910 3,930 2,147 1,184 3,041
93 3,137 2,610 3,685 1,879 951 2,739
94 2,821 2,262 3,386 1,612 741 2,417
95 2,467 1,899 3,033 1,355 556 2,092
96 2,091 1,546 2,631 1,117 400 1,777
97 1,719 1,219 2,211 901 274.6 1,479
98 1,367 926 1,797 711 180.2 1,201
99 1,049 677 1,409 547 113.3 947
100 670 334 992 320 0 639

The chart above shows the number of deaths by age and gender per a 100,000 cohort of newborns, illustrating the distribution of expected mortality throughout life.

Note that the graph above does not represent rates per 100,000 population, as this would be skewed by age distribution and reveal more about the United States and Vietnam demographics than the death rate. It also does not represent rates per 100,000 people in an age group, as this would be just the probability of death.

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