How long will a 57-year-old woman 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.
Official mortality statistics are published by sex at birth, which is why we ask.
About 84 years old
At today's death rates, a 57-year-old woman in the United States can expect 27.4 more years on average.
- Reaches 7089%
- Reaches 8070%
- Reaches 9034%
- 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.
The causes, ranked — and the changes worth the most years.
Check-ups recommended for a 57-year-old woman in the United States
- Blood pressure checkevery year from 40 (every 3–5 years before)
- Colorectal cancer screeningages 45–75 — a stool test (FIT) every year, or a colonoscopy every 10 years
- Breast cancer screening (mammogram)every 2 years, ages 40–74
- Cervical screening (HPV test)every 5 years, ages 30–65 (HPV test)
- Flu vaccineevery fall — recommended for all adults
- Cholesterol & heart-risk checkfrom 40, every 5 years or as your doctor advises (earlier with risk factors)
- Pneumonia vaccine (pneumococcal)from 50 — one or two shots, depending on the vaccine
- Blood sugar test (diabetes)every 3 years from 35
- Shingles vaccine2 doses, from 50
- Hepatitis C testonce, ages 18–79
- HIV testat least once, ages 15–65
If you smoke or used to:
- Lung cancer screening (low-dose CT)every year, ages 50–80, if you have smoked 20 pack-years and still smoke or quit within 15 years
If a parent, brother, sister or child had:
- Bowel cancer in the family — earlier bowel checkoften a colonoscopy every 5 years from 40 (or 10 years before your relative's age at diagnosis, if earlier) · ask your doctor
- Breast or ovarian cancer in the family — risk check and genetic counsellingask your doctor once — you may be offered earlier mammograms (often yearly from 40) or a gene test
Based on USPSTF recommendations and the CDC adult immunization schedule. Your doctor may suggest more, or sooner, depending on your health. Educational, not medical advice.
Every age at once: life expectancy in the United States by age.
Where a 57-year-old woman lives longest
The age people like this reach on average, in each of the 37 countries we cover — the United States ranks 24th. Each links to that country's table by age.
- Spain87.6
- France87.5
- Switzerland87.1
- Portugal86.6
- Italy86.6
- Canada86.4
- Sweden86.2
- Luxembourg86.1
- Norway86.0
- Cyprus86.0
- Malta86.0
- Belgium85.9
- Ireland85.9
- Iceland85.9
- Finland85.8
- Greece85.7
- Austria85.6
- Slovenia85.6
- United Kingdom85.2
- Denmark85.1
- Netherlands84.9
- Germany84.8
- Estonia84.7
- United States84.4
- Czechia84.4
- Lithuania84.1
- Poland84.1
- Türkiye83.6
- Slovakia83.5
- Croatia83.4
- Latvia82.7
- Romania82.6
- Bulgaria82.2
- Hungary81.9
- Belarus81.8
- Serbia80.9
- Moldova79.8