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Table 1 Estimated increases in life expectancy assuming elimination of injury-related death

From: Increases in United States life expectancy through reductions in injury-related death

Population group

Injury death rate 2012

Life expectancy for 2012 birth cohort

Estimated increase

Original estimate for all causes

Revised estimate without injury

All persons

60.6 per 100,000

78.8 years

80.3 years

1.5 years

Male

83.1 per 100,000

76.4 years

78.4 years

2.0 years

Female

38.8 per 100,000

81.2 years

82.0 years

0.8 years

Non-Hispanic white

70.8 per 100,000

78.9 years

80.4 years

1.5 years

Non-Hispanic black

58.3 per 100,000

75.1 years

76.7 years

1.6 years

Hispanic

33.0 per 100,000

81.9 years

83.0 years

1.1 years

Non-Hispanic white male

93.7 per 100,000

76.5 years

78.6 years

2.1 years

Non-Hispanic black male

92.1 per 100,000

71.9 years

74.2 years

2.3 years

Hispanic male

49.1 per 100,000

79.3 years

80.8 years

1.5 years

Non-Hispanic white female

48.6 per 100,000

81.2 years

82.2 years

1.0 years

Non-Hispanic black female

27.3 per 100,000

78.1 years

78.9 years

0.8 years

Hispanic female

16.4 per 100,000

84.3 years

84.9 years

0.6 years