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At what age do most people pass away? Understanding the Median vs. Mean

While life expectancy in the U.S. was 78.4 years in 2023, this average can be a misleading indicator for a typical person's lifespan. To understand at what age do most people pass away, it is more informative to consider the median and mode age at death, which reveal a clustering of deaths at older ages, typically in the late 80s.