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Life expectancy, a measure summarizing the mortality experience over a lifetime, is an estimate of expected life-years at a specific age. Life expectancy is computed directly
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Chart and table of Vietnam life expectancy from 1950 to 2024. United Nations projections are also included through the year 2100. The current life expectancy for Vietnam in 2024 is 75.91 years, a 0.18% increase from 2023.
The expected life-years for Veterans in the 2000 to 2014 time period are estimated to be about 0.8 and 1.2 life-years shorter for males and females, respectively, as compared to those of U. S. population in 2006. The estimated education differentials in life expectancy for Veterans in 2011-14 are close to those of U. S. population in 1979-89.
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Myth: The fighting in Vietnam was not as intense as in World War II. The average infantryman in the South Pacific during World War II saw about 40 days of combat in four years. The average infantryman in Vietnam saw about 240 days of combat in one year thanks to the mobility of the helicopter.
As of this date The American War Library estimates that approximately 610,000 Americans who served on land in Vietnam or in the air over Vietnam between 1954 and 1975 are alive today. And approximately 164,000 Americans who served at sea in Vietnam waters are alive today.
The oldest man killed was 62 years old. 58,148 were killed in Vietnam, 75,000 severely disabled, 23,214 were 100% disabled, 5,283 lost limbs and 1,081 sustained multiple amputations. Of those killed, 61% were younger than 21 years old. 11,465 of those killed were younger than 20 years old.
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Profile of Vietnam War Veterans From the 2015 American Community Survey Prepared by the National Center for Veteran Analysis and Statistics July 2017
