The life expectancy among Native Americans in the western United States has dropped below 64 years, close to life expectancies in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Haiti.

The data shows that 49% of pre-retirees underestimate their life expectancy by five or more years. But that could have serious implications on their finances.

There was a widening in the average life expectancy gap from 4.1 years in 2008 to 2010 to 8.0 years in 2017 to 2019 for AI/AN individuals versus other U.S. residents.

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From 2008 to 2010, the gap was 4.1 years, whereas between 2017 and 2019, the life expectancy gap grew to eight years.

This life expectancy gap nearly doubled during the study period, increasing from 4.1 years between 2008-2010 to 8 years between 2017-2019.

In 2020, Black and Hispanic people were hit hardest by the decline. In 2021, life expectancy among Black Americans actually increased, but only slightly. It was mostly unchanged among Hispanics.

American life expectancy in 1960 was almost ten years shorter than it is today. And the leading causes of death were chronic diseases. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. frequently tells a different story.

For the U.S. overall, life expectancy was 78.8 years in 2019, an increase of 0.1 years from 2018.