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CDC state life table · 2022

Life expectancy in Washington

Washington's total life expectancy at birth was 78.2 years in 2022, 0.7 years above the U.S. figure.

Total78.2

years at birth · rank #12 of 51

Male75.8

years at birth · rank #10

Female80.8

years at birth · rank #11

Female–male gap5.0

years

How Washington compares

The 2022 U.S. reference was 77.5 years total, 74.8 for males, and 80.2 for females. Washington's total figure ranked #12; its male and female figures ranked #10 and #11.

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.