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CDC state life table · 2022

Life expectancy in Alaska

Alaska's total life expectancy at birth was 74.5 years in 2022, 3.0 years below the U.S. figure.

Total74.5

years at birth · rank #39 of 51

Male72.2

years at birth · rank #34

Female77.3

years at birth · rank #40

Female–male gap5.1

years

How Alaska compares

The 2022 U.S. reference was 77.5 years total, 74.8 for males, and 80.2 for females. Alaska's total figure ranked #39; its male and female figures ranked #34 and #40.

This comparison describes population mortality conditions, not a personal prediction or the effect of moving. It does not isolate any single cause.

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Source and measure

CDC/NCHS, U.S. State Life Tables, 2022. These are period life expectancy-at-birth values based on 2022 mortality conditions. See the source record and methodology.