Life expectancy at birth, term by term
Every term lined up from its inauguration. Context is everything: compare the start of a term with the trend it inherited and with what was happening in the world (recessions, pandemics), all of which are on the full life expectancy at birth chart.
Of the 8 completed terms with data, life expectancy rose fastest under Joe Biden, at +0.48 years/yr against −0.39 years/yr in the four years before, and fell fastest under Donald Trump (1st term), at −0.39 years/yr against −0.05 years/yr in the four years before.
Numbers
| President | During term | 4 years before |
|---|---|---|
| Donald Trump (2nd term) | no data | no data |
| Joe Biden | 77.0 years → 78.9 years +0.48 years/yr | −0.39 years/yr |
| Donald Trump (1st term) | 78.5 years → 77.0 years −0.39 years/yr | −0.05 years/yr |
| Barack Obama | 78.0 years → 78.5 years +0.06 years/yr | +0.14 years/yr |
| George W. Bush | 76.6 years → 78.0 years +0.18 years/yr | +0.15 years/yr |
| Bill Clinton | 75.6 years → 76.6 years +0.13 years/yr | +0.21 years/yr |
| George H. W. Bush | 74.8 years → 75.6 years +0.21 years/yr | +0.05 years/yr |
| Ronald Reagan | 73.6 years → 74.8 years +0.14 years/yr | +0.19 years/yr |
| Jimmy Carter | 72.9 years → 73.6 years +0.19 years/yr | +0.43 years/yr |