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Life Expectancy in Los Angeles County

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Per Los Angeles County Public Health, Life expectancy at birth is the average number of years a group of infants would live if they were to experience, throughout their lives, the age-specific death rates prevailing during a specified period. Life expectancy at birth in Los Angeles County is projected to be 3.6 years longer than life expectancy for all babies born in America.

Also see: Death & Death Rates in Los Angeles County

Life Expectancy for Los Angeles County. See following table.
Life Expectancy by Sex

Life Expectancy by Sex & Race

Life Expectancy by Community & Year

The future cannot be predicted, and anticipated medical advances or environmental improvements may affect how long an infant born today is likely to live. Per Los Angeles County Public Health, Life expectancy at birth is the average number of years a group of infants would live if they were to experience, throughout their lives, the age-specific death rates prevailing during a specified period. Life expectancy at birth in Los Angeles County is currently projected to be at least 2.5 years longer than life expectancy for all babies born in America.

Life Expectancy for Los Angeles County Residents, 2019-2025

Year	Data Source Years	Life Expectancy (Years)
Year	Data Source Years	All Races	American Indian & Alaska Native	Asian	Black	Hispanic (All Races)	Native Hawaiian & Other Pacific Islander	White
2025	2021-2023	80.0	77.8	86.1	73.0	80.5	72.1	79.6
2024	2019-2021	80.1	78.4	85.8	73.2	80.3	72.5	79.8
2023*	2018-2020	81.3	82.0	86.6	74.8	82.4	82.0	80.6
2022	2018-2020	81.3	82.0	86.6	74.8	82.4	N/A	80.6
2021	2017-2019	82.4	84.4	87.7	76.1	84.4	N/A	81.2
2020	2016-2018	82.3	83.3	87.6	75.9	84.4	N/A	81.0
2019	2015-2017	82.2	N/A	N/A	75.8	84.4	N/A	80.9

* 2023 measures did not include data updated data from the previous year.
N/A Data not available.

Source: County Health Rankings, University of Wisconsin, Population Health Institute

Life Expectancy at Birth, Overall & by Sex, Los Angeles County, 2010-2019

Life Expectancy at Birth by Sex & Race, Los Angeles County, 2010-2019

Life Expectancy, Female, Los Angeles County

Due to the relatively small number of annual deaths among Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders, and American Indians and Alaskan Natives, data are omitted for these groups.

Charts above from "Patterns of Mortality & Life Expectancy, Los Angeles County, 2010-2019" - Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.

Life Expectancy by City and Community

Community	Life Expectancy (Years)
Community	2024	2018	2014	2010
United States	77.6	78.7	78.9	78.7
Los Angeles County	80.1	82.3	82.1	80.3
Agoura Hills	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	81.8	83.4
Alhambra	84.2	84.7	83.7	82.3
Altadena^†	82.1	82.1	82.9	80.7
Community	Life Expectancy (Years)
Community	2024	2018	2014	2010
Arcadia	84.0	86.4	86.3	84.7
Artesia	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	80.3	82.0
Athens-Westmont	74.8	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾
Avalon	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾
Azusa	80.5	81.2	80.7	80.0
Community	Life Expectancy (Years)
Community	2024	2018	2014	2010
Baldwin Park	79.3	83.0	82.7	80.8
Bell	79.0	86.1	87.6	80.8
Bell Gardens	79.9	82.0	81.8	79.0
Bellflower	79.5	80.0	80.2	78.0
Beverly Hills	84.6	87.4	87.7	86.7
Community	Life Expectancy (Years)
Community	2024	2018	2014	2010
Bradbury	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾
Burbank	81.0	82.4	82.4	81.2
Calabasas	84.2	86.9	84.0	---⁽²⁾
Carson	80.2	81.3	80.8	79.2
Castaic^†	82.6	---⁽²⁾	88.9	---⁽²⁾
Community	Life Expectancy (Years)
Community	2024	2018	2014	2010
Cerritos	82.8	87.2	87.4	83.2
Citrus^†	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	81.9	---⁽²⁾
Claremont	81.7	83.8	82.9	80.7
Commerce	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	81.7	---⁽²⁾
Compton	75.2	77.1	78.4	76.7
Community	Life Expectancy (Years)
Community	2024	2018	2014	2010
Covina	79.3	82.0	80.8	79.1
Cudahy	---⁽²⁾	86.6	79.2	80.7
Culver City	84.0	82.4	83.4	82.7
Del Aire^†	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	83.8	---⁽²⁾
Diamond Bar	84.4	86.4	86.4	84.8
Community	Life Expectancy (Years)
Community	2024	2018	2014	2010
Downey	80.1	82.3	81.4	80.9
Duarte	82.0	---⁽²⁾	80.6	81.0
East Los Angeles^†	79.1	82.7	81.3	80.8
East Rancho Dominguez^†	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	77.1	---⁽²⁾
East San Gabriel^†	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	86.2	86.0
Community	Life Expectancy (Years)
Community	2024	2018	2014	2010
East Whittier^†	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	83.7	---⁽²⁾
El Monte	79.7	83.7	86.1	80.7
El Segundo	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	82.7	80.8
Elizabeth Lake^†	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾
Florence-Graham^†	76.2	81.4	78.0	77.7
Community	Life Expectancy (Years)
Community	2024	2018	2014	2010
Gardena	79.9	83.1	83.6	80.4
Glendale	82.4	83.7	84.1	82.9
Glendora	79.0	80.9	81.1	80.3
Hacienda Heights^†	81.4	87.0	84.3	83.4
Hawaiian Gardens	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	83.7	---⁽²⁾
Community	Life Expectancy (Years)
Community	2024	2018	2014	2010
Hawthorne	81.3	80.4	80.6	79.7
Hermosa Beach	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	86.4	80.4
Hidden Hills	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾
Huntington Park	79.8	83.2	81.9	81.7
Industry	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	78.7
Community	Life Expectancy (Years)
Community	2024	2018	2014	2010
Inglewood	78.5	81.0	79.8	77.0
Irwindale	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾
La Cañada Flintridge	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	83.9	87.8
La Crescenta-Montrose^†	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	82.3	83.7
La Habra Heights	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾
Community	Life Expectancy (Years)
Community	2024	2018	2014	2010
La Mirada	81.9	82.9	82.2	78.9
La Puente	80.3	83.6	82.9	81.3
La Verne	80.0	84.6	81.8	80.1
Lake Los Angeles^†	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	77.2	---⁽²⁾
Lakewood	80.6	80.7	80.2	79.3
Community	Life Expectancy (Years)
Community	2024	2018	2014	2010
Lancaster	74.7	76.9	77.4	77.0
Lawndale	81.2	81.6	80.7	79.6
Lennox^†	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	77.8	84.4
Lomita	78.7	---⁽²⁾	80.2	80.7
Long Beach	---⁽²⁾	80.0	79.4	78.7
Community	Life Expectancy (Years)
Community	2024	2018	2014	2010
Los Angeles, City of	80.4	84.6	82.1	80.4
Los Angeles City Council District 1	81.0	82.6	83.7	80.9
Los Angeles City Council District 2	80.8	81.7	81.3	79.7
Los Angeles City Council District 3	80.5	82.2	82.8	81.8
Los Angeles City Council District 4	83.0	84.6	83.6	82.7
Community	Life Expectancy (Years)
Community	2024	2018	2014	2010
Los Angeles City Council District 5	84.2	84.9	86.3	83.7
Los Angeles City Council District 6	79.9	82.6	81.4	80.3
Los Angeles City Council District 7	79.3	81.9	81.7	79.9
Los Angeles City Council District 8	73.8	77.9	78.0	76.2
Los Angeles City Council District 9	76.8	80.7	78.9	77.0
Community	Life Expectancy (Years)
Community	2024	2018	2014	2010
Los Angeles City Council District 10	80.0	82.7	81.2	79.1
Los Angeles City Council District 11	85.1	86.8	84.6	83.2
Los Angeles City Council District 12	81.1	83.0	83.8	81.2
Los Angeles City Council District 13	81.9	83.8	82.4	81.8
Los Angeles City Council District 14	80.4	82.7	82.2	80.7
Community	Life Expectancy (Years)
Community	2024	2018	2014	2010
Los Angeles City Council District 15	78.1	81.2	79.3	77.9
Lynwood	77.4	81.3	81.7	77.7
Malibu	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	89.8	---⁽²⁾
Manhattan Beach	85.2	84.0	87.1	83.2
Marina del Rey^†	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾
Community	Life Expectancy (Years)
Community	2024	2018	2014	2010
Maywood	79.7	87.8	81.3	83.0
Monrovia	80.3	81.6	80.3	79.7
Montebello	79.8	83.0	83.7	80.3
Monterey Park	83.6	87.3	86.1	84.3
Norwalk	79.4	82.2	81.0	79.2
Community	Life Expectancy (Years)
Community	2024	2018	2014	2010
Palmdale	77.5	78.6	79.8	77.4
Palos Verdes Estates	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	86.6	---⁽²⁾
Paramount	79.0	80.6	80.2	78.1
Pasadena	---⁽²⁾	81.9	82.9	81.2
Pico Rivera	79.6	82.3	81.3	80.1
Community	Life Expectancy (Years)
Community	2024	2018	2014	2010
Pomona	78.3	79.8	81.7	78.6
Rancho Palos Verdes	82.5	86.4	87.7	82.6
Redondo Beach	83.7	83.9	82.3	80.8
Rolling Hills	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾
Rolling Hills Estates	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾
Community	Life Expectancy (Years)
Community	2024	2018	2014	2010
Rosemead	81.3	86.1	83.8	81.8
Rowland Heights^†	81.4	87.1	87.0	86.3
San Dimas	79.5	80.9	81.9	78.7
San Fernando	79.6	84.7	82.7	78.0
San Gabriel	84.3	84.1	84.3	82.4
Community	Life Expectancy (Years)
Community	2024	2018	2014	2010
San Marino	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	87.6	---⁽²⁾
Santa Clarita	80.7	82.6	84.0	80.0
Santa Fe Springs	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	82.3	80.7
Santa Monica	82.5	84.0	83.2	81.6
Sierra Madre	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	81.8	---⁽²⁾
Community	Life Expectancy (Years)
Community	2024	2018	2014	2010
Signal Hill	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	78.4	---⁽²⁾
South El Monte	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	86.7	80.9
South Gate	81.0	84.7	83.7	81.1
South Pasadena	83.2	86.9	86.2	82.7
South San Jose Hills^†	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	82.2	86.0
Community	Life Expectancy (Years)
Community	2024	2018	2014	2010
South Whittier^†	79.6	82.3	81.1	81.0
Stevenson Ranch^†	84.4	---⁽²⁾	87.2	---⁽²⁾
Sun Village^†	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	76.8	---⁽²⁾
Temple City	82.7	83.7	82.7	84.4
Torrance	81.8	83.6	84.1	82.0
Community	Life Expectancy (Years)
Community	2024	2018	2014	2010
Valinda^†	80.0	82.7	82.3	79.7
Vernon	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾
View Park-Windsor Hills^†	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	83.3	---⁽²⁾
Walnut	84.6	87.6	86.8	87.7
Walnut Park^†	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	90.6	83.7
Community	Life Expectancy (Years)
Community	2024	2018	2014	2010
West Carson^†	80.8	---⁽²⁾	83.6	77.6
West Covina	82.2	82.1	83.2	80.2
West Hollywood	83.3	86.1	83.3	83.3
West Puente Valley^†	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	80.7
West Whittier-Los Nietos^†	77.3	80.6	82.0	80.7
Community	Life Expectancy (Years)
Community	2024	2018	2014	2010
Westlake Village	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾
Westmont^†	---⁽²⁾	77.7	77.3	72.4
Whittier	79.3	81.8	82.1	80.8
Willowbrook^†	75.2	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	76.7

† Unincorporated community
(2) Population size was too small for reliable calculations or data were not available.

Sources:
-- L.A. County Dept. of Public Health, City & Community Health Profiles
-- CDC, National Center for Health Statistics
-- Highway to Health: Life Expectancy in Los Angeles County

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