Washington (SmartAboutHealth) - Americans can now expect to live to be nearly 80-years old according to new life expectancy numbers released.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) put out a new study this week showing that life expectancy in the U.S. is now at an all-time-high.

The expectation now is that women will live to be 80-years old.

Men, on the other hand, now have a life expectancy of over 75-years old.

These are very high numbers as it has shown that the average life expectancy in the U.S. is roughly 78-years.

This is a record high, as never before in the history of this country has the average life expectancy been so high.

Don’t put on your party hat just yet though, as the life expectancy in the U.S. is still dwarfed by some other countries around the world.

Another very positive thing to come out of this though is that deaths from heart disease, cancer, stroke, etc. are on the decline.