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Life expectancy at birth, total (years). The value for Life expectancy at birth, total (years) in France was 81.97 as of 2013. As the graph below shows, over the past 53 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 82.11 in 2011 and a minimum value of 69.87 in 1960.
In the U.S., average life expectancy at birth is about 79 years for women and about 72 years for men.. The gender gap is most pronounced in those who live 100 years or more. Among centenarians worldwide, women outnumber males nine to one.