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What Was Life Expectancy In 1960? In 1960, men could expect to live to age 66.6, on average, while women lived to age 73.1 (Figure 1). Between 1960 and 2015, male life expec- tancy increased to 77.0 years—a gain of about 10 years. Female life expectancy grew to 81.7 years— an increase of almost 9