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How long will a 17-year-old girl in the United States live?

Move the controls. Life expectancy and the chance of reaching each age, from official mortality statistics for 37 countries in Europe and North America.

Country
Age
17
Sex at birth

Official mortality statistics are published by sex at birth, which is why we ask.

Life expectancy

About 82 years old

At today's death rates, a 17-year-old girl in the United States can expect 64.8 more years on average.

  • Reaches 7083%
  • Reaches 8066%
  • Reaches 9032%
  • Reaches 1003%

Period life expectancy: what today's death rates imply, without guessing future medical progress — so for younger people it is, if anything, on the low side. A statistic for people like you, not a prediction.

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What's most likely to cut it short?

The causes, ranked — and the changes worth the most years.

See the causes

Every age at once: life expectancy in the United States by age.

Where a 17-year-old girl lives longest

The age people like this reach on average, in each of the 37 countries we cover — the United States ranks 29th. Each links to that country's table by age.

  1. Spain86.6
  2. Switzerland86.1
  3. France86.0
  4. Italy85.5
  5. Portugal85.3
  6. Sweden85.1
  7. Cyprus85.1
  8. Luxembourg85.0
  9. Norway84.8
  10. Malta84.8
  11. Ireland84.7
  12. Belgium84.6
  13. Canada84.6
  14. Slovenia84.5
  15. Greece84.5
  16. Iceland84.4
  17. Austria84.4
  18. Finland84.4
  19. Denmark83.9
  20. Netherlands83.6
  21. United Kingdom83.5
  22. Germany83.5
  23. Czechia83.0
  24. Estonia82.9
  25. Poland82.4
  26. Lithuania82.0
  27. Croatia82.0
  28. Slovakia81.8
  29. United States81.8
  30. Türkiye81.3
  31. Romania80.7
  32. Latvia80.3
  33. Hungary80.1
  34. Bulgaria80.0
  35. Belarus79.6
  36. Serbia79.0
  37. Moldova77.1