# Life Expectancy of White/hispanic/Black males in USA?

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**Created:** [September 14, 2011, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-expectancy-of-white-hispanic-black-males-in-usa/596309 "2011-09-14T16:47:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![scodog96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@scodog96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scodog96)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-expectancy-of-white-hispanic-black-males-in-usa/596309/1 "2011-09-14T16:47:39Z")

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What is the average life expectancy of a White/Black/ Hispanic male in the USA?

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**Author:** ![puddleglum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puddleglum/32/137_2.png) [@puddleglum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puddleglum)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-expectancy-of-white-hispanic-black-males-in-usa/596309/2 "2011-09-14T17:27:42Z")

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According to the CDC for white males it is 76.2, black males70.9, and hispanic males 77.9.

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**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-expectancy-of-white-hispanic-black-males-in-usa/596309/3 "2011-09-14T18:49:44Z")

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In case you require a cite —\> [Referral Page - FASTSTATS - Life Expectancy](http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/lifexpec.htm)

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**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-expectancy-of-white-hispanic-black-males-in-usa/596309/4 "2011-09-15T01:06:00Z")

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I don’t know if it is relevant, but other issues like income and education level are also pretty important to life expectancy. I don’t have the stats, but I wouldn’t be surprised if life expectancy for a college educated black or latino is higher than that for a high school educated white.