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Life Expectancy in United States vs Vietnam (1950-2026)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 79.8 years in the United States vs 75 in Vietnam. The United States is ranked 47/197 by life expectancy, and Vietnam is 93/197. In the United States, the life expectancy is 77.4 years for males and 82.2 years for females. In Vietnam, it's 70.4 years for males and 79.6 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
2026 79.8 77.4 82.2 75 70.4 79.6

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 2026 life tables (actuarial tables) from the UN World Population Prospects.


Mean remaining life expectancy:
51.0 vs 48.1 years

Mean expected age of death:
81.0 vs 78.1 years

Median expected age of death:
84.2 vs 80.6 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
United States Vietnam
Male Female Male Female
40 98.1% 99.0% 97.2% 99.0%
50 95.1% 97.2% 93.2% 97.3%
60 88.7% 93.1% 85.2% 93.8%
65 83.5% 89.8% 78.4% 90.6%
70 76.9% 85.3% 68.8% 85.3%
75 68.0% 78.6% 55.7% 76.7%
80 56.1% 68.6% 39.2% 63.6%
85 40.7% 54.2% 21.9% 45.5%
90 22.8% 34.5% 8.4% 25.8%
95 8.0% 14.8% 1.9% 10.2%
100 1.4% 3.4% 0.2% 2.4%

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: 81 years vs 78.1 at 30, 85.2 vs 82.6 at 65, 89.7 vs 88.1 at 80 — significantly higher than the 79.8 vs 75 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 79.8 77.4 82.2 75 70.4 79.6
1 80.1 77.8 82.6 76.1 71.6 80.5
2 80.2 77.8 82.6 76.2 71.7 80.7
3 80.2 77.8 82.6 76.3 71.8 80.8
4 80.2 77.9 82.6 76.4 71.9 80.8
5 80.2 77.9 82.6 76.5 72 80.9
6 80.2 77.9 82.6 76.5 72.1 80.9
7 80.2 77.9 82.7 76.6 72.1 80.9
8 80.2 77.9 82.7 76.6 72.2 81
9 80.2 77.9 82.7 76.7 72.3 81
10 80.2 77.9 82.7 76.7 72.3 81
11 80.2 77.9 82.7 76.8 72.4 81
12 80.2 77.9 82.7 76.8 72.4 81.1
13 80.3 77.9 82.7 76.8 72.5 81.1
14 80.3 77.9 82.7 76.9 72.5 81.1
15 80.3 77.9 82.7 76.9 72.6 81.1
16 80.3 78 82.7 77 72.6 81.1
17 80.3 78 82.7 77 72.7 81.2
18 80.3 78 82.8 77.1 72.8 81.2
19 80.4 78.1 82.8 77.2 72.9 81.2
20 80.4 78.1 82.8 77.2 73 81.3
21 80.5 78.2 82.8 77.3 73.1 81.3
22 80.5 78.3 82.8 77.4 73.3 81.4
23 80.6 78.3 82.9 77.5 73.4 81.4
24 80.6 78.4 82.9 77.6 73.5 81.4
25 80.7 78.5 82.9 77.7 73.6 81.5
26 80.7 78.6 83 77.7 73.7 81.5
27 80.8 78.6 83 77.8 73.9 81.6
28 80.8 78.7 83 77.9 74 81.6
29 80.9 78.8 83.1 78 74.1 81.7
30 81 78.9 83.1 78.1 74.2 81.7
31 81 79 83.2 78.1 74.3 81.7
32 81.1 79.1 83.2 78.2 74.4 81.8
33 81.2 79.1 83.2 78.3 74.5 81.8
34 81.2 79.2 83.3 78.4 74.6 81.9
35 81.3 79.3 83.3 78.5 74.7 81.9
36 81.4 79.4 83.4 78.6 74.9 82
37 81.4 79.5 83.4 78.6 75 82
38 81.5 79.6 83.5 78.7 75.1 82.1
39 81.6 79.7 83.5 78.8 75.2 82.1
40 81.7 79.8 83.6 78.9 75.3 82.2
41 81.7 79.8 83.6 79 75.4 82.2
42 81.8 79.9 83.7 79.1 75.5 82.3
43 81.9 80 83.8 79.2 75.7 82.3
44 82 80.1 83.8 79.3 75.8 82.4
45 82.1 80.2 83.9 79.4 75.9 82.5
46 82.1 80.3 84 79.5 76 82.5
47 82.2 80.4 84 79.6 76.2 82.6
48 82.3 80.6 84.1 79.7 76.3 82.7
49 82.4 80.7 84.2 79.8 76.5 82.7
50 82.6 80.8 84.3 79.9 76.6 82.8
51 82.7 80.9 84.4 80 76.8 82.9
52 82.8 81.1 84.5 80.2 77 83
53 82.9 81.2 84.6 80.3 77.1 83.1
54 83.1 81.4 84.7 80.5 77.3 83.2
55 83.2 81.6 84.8 80.6 77.5 83.3
56 83.4 81.8 85 80.8 77.7 83.4
57 83.6 82 85.1 81 77.9 83.5
58 83.7 82.2 85.2 81.1 78.1 83.6
59 83.9 82.4 85.4 81.3 78.4 83.7
60 84.1 82.6 85.5 81.5 78.6 83.8
61 84.3 82.9 85.7 81.7 78.8 84
62 84.5 83.1 85.9 81.9 79.1 84.1
63 84.7 83.4 86 82.1 79.4 84.3
64 85 83.6 86.2 82.3 79.6 84.4
65 85.2 83.9 86.4 82.6 80 84.6
66 85.4 84.1 86.6 82.8 80.3 84.8
67 85.7 84.4 86.8 83.1 80.6 85
68 85.9 84.7 87 83.4 81 85.2
69 86.1 85 87.2 83.7 81.3 85.4
70 86.4 85.3 87.4 84 81.7 85.6
71 86.7 85.6 87.6 84.3 82.1 85.9
72 86.9 85.9 87.9 84.7 82.5 86.2
73 87.2 86.2 88.1 85 82.9 86.4
74 87.5 86.6 88.4 85.4 83.4 86.8
75 87.9 86.9 88.6 85.8 83.8 87.1
76 88.2 87.3 88.9 86.2 84.3 87.4
77 88.5 87.7 89.2 86.7 84.8 87.8
78 88.9 88.1 89.6 87.1 85.3 88.2
79 89.3 88.5 89.9 87.6 85.9 88.6
80 89.7 88.9 90.2 88.1 86.4 89
81 90.1 89.4 90.6 88.7 87 89.5
82 90.5 89.8 91 89.2 87.6 90
83 90.9 90.3 91.4 89.8 88.3 90.5
84 91.4 90.8 91.8 90.4 88.9 91
85 91.9 91.3 92.3 91 89.6 91.6
86 92.4 91.8 92.7 91.6 90.3 92.2
87 92.9 92.4 93.2 92.3 91 92.8
88 93.5 93 93.8 93 91.7 93.4
89 94.1 93.6 94.3 93.7 92.5 94
90 94.7 94.3 94.9 94.4 93.2 94.7
91 95.3 94.9 95.6 95.1 94 95.4
92 96 95.6 96.2 95.9 94.8 96.1
93 96.7 96.4 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, 89.2% in the United States and 85.4% in Vietnam are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 79.5% and 73.7% will live to 70 years or older, 61.1% and 49.5% to 80+ years, and 28.1% and 16.8% 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% 98.4% 98.9%
2 99.5% 99.4% 99.5% 98.5% 98.2% 98.7%
3 99.5% 99.4% 99.5% 98.3% 98.1% 98.6%
4 99.5% 99.4% 99.5% 98.2% 98% 98.5%
5 99.4% 99.4% 99.5% 98.1% 97.8% 98.4%
6 99.4% 99.4% 99.5% 98% 97.7% 98.4%
7 99.4% 99.4% 99.5% 97.9% 97.6% 98.3%
8 99.4% 99.4% 99.5% 97.9% 97.5% 98.3%
9 99.4% 99.3% 99.5% 97.8% 97.4% 98.3%
10 99.4% 99.3% 99.5% 97.7% 97.3% 98.3%
11 99.4% 99.3% 99.4% 97.7% 97.2% 98.2%
12 99.4% 99.3% 99.4% 97.6% 97.1% 98.2%
13 99.4% 99.3% 99.4% 97.6% 97.1% 98.2%
14 99.4% 99.3% 99.4% 97.5% 97% 98.1%
15 99.3% 99.3% 99.4% 97.5% 96.9% 98.1%
16 99.3% 99.2% 99.4% 97.4% 96.8% 98.1%
17 99.3% 99.2% 99.4% 97.3% 96.6% 98%
18 99.2% 99.1% 99.3% 97.2% 96.5% 98%
19 99.2% 99.1% 99.3% 97.1% 96.3% 97.9%
20 99.1% 99% 99.3% 96.9% 96.1% 97.9%
21 99% 98.8% 99.2% 96.8% 95.9% 97.8%
22 99% 98.7% 99.2% 96.7% 95.7% 97.7%
23 98.9% 98.6% 99.1% 96.5% 95.4% 97.7%
24 98.8% 98.5% 99.1% 96.4% 95.2% 97.6%
25 98.7% 98.3% 99% 96.2% 95% 97.5%
26 98.6% 98.2% 99% 96.1% 94.7% 97.4%
27 98.5% 98% 98.9% 95.9% 94.5% 97.4%
28 98.4% 97.9% 98.9% 95.7% 94.3% 97.3%
29 98.2% 97.7% 98.8% 95.6% 94.1% 97.2%
30 98.1% 97.6% 98.7% 95.4% 93.8% 97.1%
31 98% 97.4% 98.7% 95.3% 93.6% 97%
32 97.9% 97.2% 98.6% 95.1% 93.3% 97%
33 97.7% 97% 98.5% 94.9% 93.1% 96.9%
34 97.6% 96.9% 98.4% 94.8% 92.8% 96.8%
35 97.5% 96.7% 98.3% 94.6% 92.6% 96.7%
36 97.3% 96.5% 98.2% 94.4% 92.3% 96.6%
37 97.2% 96.3% 98.1% 94.2% 92.1% 96.5%
38 97% 96.1% 98% 94% 91.8% 96.4%
39 96.8% 95.9% 97.9% 93.8% 91.5% 96.3%
40 96.7% 95.7% 97.7% 93.6% 91.2% 96.2%
41 96.5% 95.4% 97.6% 93.4% 90.9% 96%
42 96.3% 95.2% 97.5% 93.2% 90.6% 95.9%
43 96.1% 95% 97.3% 92.9% 90.3% 95.8%
44 95.9% 94.7% 97.2% 92.7% 89.9% 95.6%
45 95.7% 94.5% 97% 92.4% 89.6% 95.4%
46 95.5% 94.2% 96.8% 92.1% 89.2% 95.3%
47 95.2% 93.9% 96.6% 91.9% 88.8% 95.1%
48 94.9% 93.5% 96.4% 91.5% 88.4% 94.9%
49 94.6% 93.2% 96.2% 91.2% 87.9% 94.7%
50 94.3% 92.8% 96% 90.9% 87.4% 94.5%
51 94% 92.4% 95.7% 90.5% 86.9% 94.2%
52 93.6% 91.9% 95.4% 90% 86.2% 94%
53 93.2% 91.4% 95.1% 89.5% 85.6% 93.7%
54 92.7% 90.9% 94.7% 89% 84.9% 93.3%
55 92.2% 90.3% 94.3% 88.5% 84.1% 93%
56 91.7% 89.6% 93.9% 87.9% 83.4% 92.7%
57 91.1% 88.9% 93.5% 87.3% 82.6% 92.3%
58 90.5% 88.2% 93% 86.7% 81.8% 91.9%
59 89.9% 87.4% 92.5% 86.1% 80.9% 91.5%
60 89.2% 86.6% 92% 85.4% 79.9% 91.1%
61 88.4% 85.7% 91.4% 84.6% 78.9% 90.6%
62 87.6% 84.7% 90.8% 83.7% 77.7% 90%
63 86.8% 83.7% 90.1% 82.8% 76.5% 89.4%
64 85.9% 82.6% 89.4% 81.8% 75.1% 88.7%
65 84.9% 81.4% 88.7% 80.7% 73.6% 88%
66 84% 80.3% 87.9% 79.5% 72% 87.1%
67 82.9% 79% 87.1% 78.2% 70.3% 86.2%
68 81.8% 77.7% 86.2% 76.8% 68.5% 85.2%
69 80.7% 76.4% 85.3% 75.3% 66.6% 84.1%
70 79.5% 75% 84.2% 73.7% 64.5% 82.8%
71 78.1% 73.5% 83.1% 71.9% 62.4% 81.5%
72 76.7% 71.8% 81.9% 70% 60.1% 80%
73 75.2% 70.1% 80.6% 68% 57.6% 78.3%
74 73.6% 68.3% 79.1% 65.8% 55% 76.5%
75 71.8% 66.3% 77.6% 63.5% 52.2% 74.5%
76 69.9% 64.3% 75.9% 61% 49.4% 72.4%
77 67.9% 62.1% 74.1% 58.3% 46.4% 70%
78 65.8% 59.8% 72.1% 55.6% 43.2% 67.5%
79 63.5% 57.3% 70% 52.6% 40% 64.8%
80 61.1% 54.7% 67.8% 49.5% 36.8% 61.8%
81 58.5% 52% 65.3% 46.3% 33.5% 58.7%
82 55.8% 49.1% 62.7% 43% 30.2% 55.3%
83 52.8% 46.1% 59.8% 39.6% 26.9% 51.7%
84 49.8% 43% 56.8% 36.2% 23.7% 48%
85 46.5% 39.7% 53.5% 32.8% 20.6% 44.2%
86 43.1% 36.4% 50% 29.4% 17.6% 40.4%
87 39.5% 32.9% 46.2% 26% 14.8% 36.5%
88 35.8% 29.3% 42.3% 22.8% 12.2% 32.6%
89 31.9% 25.8% 38.2% 19.7% 9.92% 28.8%
90 28.1% 22.3% 34% 16.8% 7.9% 25.1%
91 24.4% 18.9% 29.9% 14.2% 6.16% 21.5%
92 20.7% 15.7% 25.7% 11.7% 4.69% 18.2%
93 17.3% 12.7% 21.8% 9.56% 3.48% 15.1%
94 14.1% 10.1% 18% 7.65% 2.5% 12.4%
95 11.2% 7.77% 14.6% 6.01% 1.74% 9.91%
96 8.73% 5.82% 11.5% 4.63% 1.17% 7.79%
97 6.59% 4.24% 8.86% 3.49% 0.75% 5.99%
98 4.84% 2.99% 6.61% 2.57% 0.47% 4.48%
99 3.44% 2.04% 4.78% 1.84% 0.28% 3.26%
100 2.37% 1.34% 3.35% 1.28% 0.16% 2.29%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 0.47% in the birth year in the United States and 1.4% in Vietnam, 0.13% vs 0.17% at age 30, 0.83% vs 0.9% at 60, and 4.23% vs 6.49% 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 0.47% 0.51% 0.42% 1.4% 1.63% 1.13%
1 0.05% 0.05% 0.04% 0.15% 0.14% 0.16%
2 0.02% 0.02% 0.01% 0.13% 0.14% 0.12%
3 0.01% 0.02% 0.01% 0.11% 0.14% 0.09%
4 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.1% 0.14% 0.07%
5 0.01% 0.01% 0.009% 0.09% 0.13% 0.05%
6 0.01% 0.01% 0.009% 0.09% 0.12% 0.04%
7 0.009% 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% 0.05% 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% 0.09% 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% 0.13% 0.21% 0.06%
20 0.08% 0.11% 0.04% 0.14% 0.23% 0.06%
21 0.08% 0.12% 0.04% 0.15% 0.23% 0.07%
22 0.09% 0.13% 0.05% 0.15% 0.24% 0.07%
23 0.09% 0.13% 0.05% 0.16% 0.24% 0.07%
24 0.1% 0.14% 0.05% 0.16% 0.24% 0.07%
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% 0.24% 0.08%
28 0.12% 0.16% 0.07% 0.17% 0.25% 0.08%
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% 0.18% 0.27% 0.09%
35 0.15% 0.2% 0.1% 0.19% 0.28% 0.09%
36 0.16% 0.2% 0.11% 0.19% 0.28% 0.1%
37 0.16% 0.21% 0.11% 0.2% 0.29% 0.1%
38 0.17% 0.22% 0.12% 0.21% 0.3% 0.11%
39 0.18% 0.22% 0.13% 0.22% 0.32% 0.12%
40 0.18% 0.23% 0.13% 0.24% 0.34% 0.13%
41 0.19% 0.24% 0.14% 0.25% 0.35% 0.15%
42 0.2% 0.25% 0.15% 0.26% 0.37% 0.16%
43 0.21% 0.26% 0.16% 0.27% 0.39% 0.17%
44 0.23% 0.28% 0.17% 0.29% 0.4% 0.17%
45 0.25% 0.3% 0.19% 0.3% 0.42% 0.18%
46 0.26% 0.32% 0.2% 0.31% 0.44% 0.19%
47 0.28% 0.35% 0.22% 0.33% 0.47% 0.2%
48 0.31% 0.38% 0.24% 0.36% 0.52% 0.21%
49 0.34% 0.41% 0.26% 0.4% 0.57% 0.23%
50 0.37% 0.45% 0.28% 0.44% 0.63% 0.26%
51 0.41% 0.5% 0.31% 0.49% 0.7% 0.29%
52 0.44% 0.54% 0.34% 0.54% 0.76% 0.32%
53 0.48% 0.6% 0.37% 0.57% 0.82% 0.34%
54 0.53% 0.66% 0.4% 0.61% 0.87% 0.36%
55 0.58% 0.72% 0.44% 0.63% 0.91% 0.37%
56 0.63% 0.78% 0.47% 0.66% 0.95% 0.39%
57 0.68% 0.84% 0.51% 0.7% 1.01% 0.41%
58 0.73% 0.91% 0.55% 0.75% 1.08% 0.45%
59 0.78% 0.97% 0.59% 0.82% 1.18% 0.49%
60 0.83% 1.04% 0.62% 0.9% 1.31% 0.54%
61 0.9% 1.13% 0.67% 1.01% 1.46% 0.61%
62 0.96% 1.2% 0.71% 1.12% 1.62% 0.68%
63 1.03% 1.29% 0.77% 1.24% 1.8% 0.76%
64 1.09% 1.38% 0.82% 1.36% 1.98% 0.85%
65 1.16% 1.45% 0.87% 1.49% 2.16% 0.95%
66 1.23% 1.54% 0.94% 1.62% 2.36% 1.06%
67 1.31% 1.63% 1.01% 1.77% 2.57% 1.18%
68 1.41% 1.73% 1.1% 1.95% 2.8% 1.32%
69 1.53% 1.87% 1.21% 2.15% 3.07% 1.47%
70 1.65% 2.01% 1.33% 2.37% 3.37% 1.65%
71 1.82% 2.2% 1.47% 2.63% 3.71% 1.85%
72 1.98% 2.39% 1.61% 2.91% 4.09% 2.07%
73 2.17% 2.61% 1.78% 3.21% 4.52% 2.31%
74 2.38% 2.86% 1.97% 3.54% 5% 2.58%
75 2.61% 3.13% 2.16% 3.93% 5.52% 2.88%
76 2.86% 3.42% 2.38% 4.33% 6.09% 3.22%
77 3.14% 3.73% 2.63% 4.76% 6.72% 3.61%
78 3.45% 4.08% 2.91% 5.28% 7.4% 4.05%
79 3.82% 4.51% 3.25% 5.87% 8.14% 4.56%
80 4.23% 4.98% 3.62% 6.49% 8.95% 5.12%
81 4.72% 5.52% 4.06% 7.15% 9.86% 5.75%
82 5.23% 6.1% 4.53% 7.87% 10.9% 6.42%
83 5.84% 6.79% 5.1% 8.65% 12% 7.15%
84 6.55% 7.59% 5.77% 9.49% 13.2% 7.92%
85 7.36% 8.51% 6.56% 10.4% 14.5% 8.74%
86 8.32% 9.57% 7.48% 11.4% 15.9% 9.64%
87 9.44% 10.8% 8.54% 12.4% 17.3% 10.6%
88 10.7% 12.1% 9.68% 13.5% 18.8% 11.7%
89 11.9% 13.6% 10.9% 14.6% 20.4% 12.9%
90 13.3% 15.1% 12.3% 15.9% 22% 14.1%
91 15% 17% 13.9% 17.2% 23.8% 15.5%
92 16.6% 18.9% 15.4% 18.6% 25.8% 16.9%
93 18.4% 20.9% 17.1% 20% 28.1% 18.3%
94 20.3% 22.9% 19% 21.4% 30.5% 19.8%
95 22.3% 25% 21.1% 23% 33% 21.4%
96 24.4% 27.2% 23.2% 24.6% 35.4% 23.2%
97 26.6% 29.5% 25.4% 26.4% 37.8% 25.1%
98 28.8% 31.9% 27.7% 28.4% 40% 27.3%
99 31.1% 34.2% 30% 30.6% 42.1% 29.6%
100 33.3% 36.5% 32.2% 32.3% 44.5% 31.5%

Death rate by age in the United States compared to Vietnam

In the United States, the most common age of death is 89, compared to 84 in Vietnam. The median age of death is 83.9 in the United States and 79.9 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
0 466 510 421 1,396 1,633 1,135
1 45.6 50.6 40.5 144.1 134.9 154.2
2 17 19.2 14.8 125.7 135.1 115.2
3 14.9 16.9 12.8 112 134.7 86.8
4 12.7 14.2 11.1 101.3 132.6 66.5
5 10.4 11.4 9.33 92.2 127.9 52.1
6 9.54 10.4 8.68 83.3 120.1 42.2
7 9.37 10.2 8.51 74.3 109.5 35.7
8 9.07 9.94 8.16 65.9 98 31.6
9 9 10 7.92 59.2 87.3 29.2
10 9.47 10.8 8.1 54.6 79.3 28.3
11 10.2 11.5 8.68 52.5 75.1 28.6
12 11.5 13 9.85 53.2 75.4 29.8
13 14.2 16.4 11.8 57.1 80.9 32.1
14 18.3 22.2 14.3 64.3 92 35.1
15 23.9 30.6 16.8 74.9 109.1 38.9
16 31.7 42.5 20.1 88.3 131.3 43.3
17 43 59.7 25.4 103.3 156.5 47.9
18 55.6 78.6 31.2 118.3 181.4 52.6
19 66.1 94.7 35.6 130.8 202.1 56.9
20 74.4 107.5 39.1 140 216.8 60.9
21 81.9 118.8 42.6 145.9 225.1 64.5
22 87.7 127 45.8 149.1 228.5 67.6
23 92.2 132.8 48.7 150.8 229 70.5
24 96.7 138.7 51.7 151.7 228.3 73.1
25 101.3 144.4 55.1 152.9 227.7 75.6
26 106.5 150.3 59.2 154.5 227.8 77.9
27 111.6 156 63.6 156.3 229.4 80.1
28 115.9 160.6 67.4 158.6 232.3 82.1
29 120.4 165.3 71.8 161.3 236.3 83.9
30 124.4 168.4 76.7 164.2 240.8 85.4
31 128.5 171.4 81.8 166.9 245 86.5
32 133.7 176.4 87.2 169.3 248.5 87.4
33 138.7 182 91.5 171.2 251.2 88.3
34 143.5 187.5 95.7 173.4 253.6 89.6
35 147.7 191.6 100.1 176.4 256.7 91.7
36 152.7 196.2 105.4 180.5 261.3 95.3
37 158.4 201.9 111 186.8 268.5 100.8
38 163.8 207.3 116.3 195.8 278.8 108.5
39 170.3 214.2 122.4 207.4 291.8 118.2
40 176.3 220.2 128.4 220.5 307 129.3
41 183.1 226.7 135.5 233.7 322 140.4
42 190.6 234.1 143.3 245.6 336 150.4
43 201.9 246.6 153.5 255.6 349 158.3
44 217.3 264.5 166.3 264.8 361 164.4
45 234.5 284.7 180.1 274.8 375 170.1
46 252.4 306 194.8 287.6 394 177
47 271.3 328 210.3 306 420 187.1
48 292.9 353 227.9 331 456 201.8
49 319 384 248.7 364 501 221.5
50 348 419 271.3 402 554 245.4
51 381 460 296.9 444 609 271.3
52 414 499 322 483 660 296
53 450 544 349 514 702 317
54 492 596 379 539 735 334
55 533 647 412 560 763 349
56 575 696 445 582 792 364
57 617 748 477 609 831 383
58 658 798 509 649 884 410
59 702 851 542 702 956 446
60 743 902 574 770 1,045 492
61 793 964 612 851 1,149 548
62 840 1,020 649 938 1,261 612
63 892 1,081 691 1,027 1,375 683
64 940 1,136 732 1,114 1,486 757
65 982 1,181 772 1,201 1,594 837
66 1,035 1,235 824 1,291 1,699 923
67 1,089 1,287 882 1,387 1,807 1,016
68 1,153 1,348 951 1,499 1,920 1,121
69 1,231 1,425 1,032 1,622 2,042 1,237
70 1,314 1,510 1,118 1,749 2,173 1,365
71 1,421 1,618 1,222 1,891 2,313 1,506
72 1,520 1,715 1,322 2,038 2,458 1,655
73 1,634 1,831 1,438 2,182 2,605 1,812
74 1,754 1,953 1,557 2,332 2,748 1,977
75 1,876 2,076 1,678 2,492 2,884 2,150
76 2,003 2,199 1,808 2,641 3,008 2,333
77 2,132 2,317 1,949 2,778 3,114 2,528
78 2,269 2,439 2,102 2,934 3,198 2,735
79 2,427 2,582 2,274 3,088 3,258 2,950
80 2,587 2,726 2,452 3,214 3,293 3,166
81 2,759 2,873 2,650 3,314 3,301 3,370
82 2,915 2,999 2,841 3,386 3,280 3,551
83 3,084 3,133 3,053 3,428 3,224 3,697
84 3,257 3,263 3,277 3,437 3,127 3,803
85 3,424 3,380 3,508 3,408 2,984 3,867
86 3,583 3,478 3,737 3,336 2,794 3,891
87 3,729 3,550 3,948 3,222 2,562 3,874
88 3,816 3,564 4,096 3,071 2,298 3,814
89 3,817 3,497 4,165 2,887 2,019 3,707
90 3,753 3,367 4,174 2,673 1,739 3,547
91 3,654 3,205 4,138 2,434 1,468 3,333
92 3,448 2,960 3,966 2,177 1,213 3,069
93 3,181 2,660 3,725 1,909 977 2,768
94 2,862 2,310 3,428 1,640 763 2,447
95 2,509 1,943 3,075 1,380 574 2,121
96 2,132 1,585 2,672 1,140 414 1,804
97 1,754 1,251 2,248 922 284.9 1,504
98 1,396 952 1,829 729 187.5 1,223
99 1,072 697 1,435 561 118.2 966
100 690 348 1,015 332 0 656

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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