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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 Race & Median Household Income

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, 2019-2024

Year	Data Source Years	Life Expectancy (Years)
Year	Data Source Years	Population as a Whole	American Indian/ Alaska Native	Asian	Black	Hispanic (All Races)	White
2024	2019-2021	80.1	78.4	85.8	73.2	80.3	79.8
2023*	2018-2020	81.3	82.0	86.6	74.8	82.4	80.6
2022	2018-2020	81.3	82.0	86.6	74.8	82.4	80.6
2021	2017-2019	82.4	84.4	87.7	76.1	84.4	81.2
2020	2016-2018	82.3	83.3	87.6	75.9	84.4	81.0
2019	2015-2017	82.2	N/A	N/A	75.8	84.4	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.

Life Expectancy at Birth by Race/Ethnicity & Median Household Income, Los Angeles County, 2019

Life Expectancy, Race, Income, Los Angeles County

Due to the relatively small number of annual deaths among Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders, and American Indians and Alaskan Natives, income 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	80.4	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
Avalon	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾
Azusa	80.5	81.2	80.7	80.0
Baldwin Park	79.3	83.0	82.7	80.8
Community	Life Expectancy (Years)
Community	2024	2018	2014	2010
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
Bradbury	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾
Community	Life Expectancy (Years)
Community	2024	2018	2014	2010
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⁾
Cerritos	82.8	87.2	87.4	83.2
Community	Life Expectancy (Years)
Community	2024	2018	2014	2010
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
Covina	79.3	82.0	80.8	79.1
Community	Life Expectancy (Years)
Community	2024	2018	2014	2010
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
Downey	80.1	82.3	81.4	80.9
Community	Life Expectancy (Years)
Community	2024	2018	2014	2010
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
East Whittier^†	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	83.7	---⁽²⁾
Community	Life Expectancy (Years)
Community	2024	2018	2014	2010
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
Gardena	79.9	83.1	83.6	80.4
Community	Life Expectancy (Years)
Community	2024	2018	2014	2010
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⁾
Hawthorne	81.3	80.4	80.6	79.7
Community	Life Expectancy (Years)
Community	2024	2018	2014	2010
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
Inglewood	78.5	81.0	79.8	77.0
Community	Life Expectancy (Years)
Community	2024	2018	2014	2010
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⁾
La Mirada	81.9	82.9	82.2	78.9
Community	Life Expectancy (Years)
Community	2024	2018	2014	2010
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
Lancaster	74.7	76.9	77.4	77.0
Community	Life Expectancy (Years)
Community	2024	2018	2014	2010
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
Los Angeles, City of	80.4	84.6	82.1	80.4
Community	Life Expectancy (Years)
Community	2024	2018	2014	2010
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
Los Angeles City Council District 5	84.2	84.9	86.3	83.7
Community	Life Expectancy (Years)
Community	2024	2018	2014	2010
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
Los Angeles City Council District 10	80.0	82.7	81.2	79.1
Community	Life Expectancy (Years)
Community	2024	2018	2014	2010
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
Los Angeles City Council District 15	78.1	81.2	79.3	77.9
Community	Life Expectancy (Years)
Community	2024	2018	2014	2010
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⁾
Maywood	79.7	87.8	81.3	83.0
Community	Life Expectancy (Years)
Community	2024	2018	2014	2010
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
Palmdale	77.5	78.6	79.8	77.4
Community	Life Expectancy (Years)
Community	2024	2018	2014	2010
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
Pomona	78.3	79.8	81.7	78.6
Community	Life Expectancy (Years)
Community	2024	2018	2014	2010
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⁾
Rosemead	81.3	86.1	83.8	81.8
Community	Life Expectancy (Years)
Community	2024	2018	2014	2010
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
San Marino	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	87.6	---⁽²⁾
Community	Life Expectancy (Years)
Community	2024	2018	2014	2010
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⁾
Signal Hill	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	78.4	---⁽²⁾
Community	Life Expectancy (Years)
Community	2024	2018	2014	2010
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
South Whittier^†	79.6	82.3	81.1	81.0
Community	Life Expectancy (Years)
Community	2024	2018	2014	2010
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
Valinda^†	80.0	82.7	82.3	79.7
Community	Life Expectancy (Years)
Community	2024	2018	2014	2010
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
West Carson^†	80.8	---⁽²⁾	83.6	77.6
Community	Life Expectancy (Years)
Community	2024	2018	2014	2010
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
Westlake Village	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾	---⁽²⁾
Community	Life Expectancy (Years)
Community	2024	2018	2014	2010
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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