Department of Labor and Regulation
Updated life expectancy table for workers' compensation benefits
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND REGULATION
DIVISION OF LABOR AND MANAGEMENT
WORKERS' COMPENSATION LIFE EXPECTANCY TABLE
Chapter 47:03:01
APPENDIX A
SEE: § 47:03:01:07
Source: 27 SDR 1, effective July 19, 2000.
Page 2 of 6 APPENDIX A
WORKERS' COMPENSATION LIFE EXPECTANCY TABLE
Age in years Life expectancy in years
for males Life expectancy in years
for females
0 73.675.8 79.481.1
1 73.175.3 78.980.5
2 72.274.3 77.979.5
3 71.273.3 76.978.5
4 70.272.4 75.977.6
5 69.371.4 75.076.6
6 68.370.4 74.075.6
7 67.369.4 73.074.6
8 66.368.4 72.073.6
9 65.367.4 71.072.6
10 64.366.4 70.071.6
11 63.365.4 69.070.6
12 62.364.4 68.069.6
13 61.463.4 67.068.6
14 60.462.5 66.167.6
15 59.461.5 65.166.7
16 58.560.5 64.165.7
17 57.559.6 63.164.7
18 56.658.6 62.263.7
Page 3 of 6 19 55.657.7 61.262.7
20 54.756.7 60.261.8
21 53.855.8 59.260.8
22 52.954.9 58.359.8
23 51.953.9 57.358.9
24 51.053.0 56.357.9
25 50.152.1 55.456.9
26 49.251.2 54.456.0
27 48.250.3 53.455.0
28 47.349.4 52.454.0
29 46.448.4 51.553.1
30 45.447.5 50.552.1
31 44.546.6 49.551.2
32 43.645.7 48.650.2
33 42.744.9 47.649.3
34 41.744.0 46.748.3
35 40.843.1 45.747.4
36 39.942.2 44.746.4
37 39.041.3 43.845.5
38 38.140.4 42.844.5
39 37.139.5 41.943.6
40 36.238.6 40.942.7
41 35.337.8 40.041.7
42 34.436.9 39.140.8
43 33.536.0 38.139.9
Page 4 of 6 44 32.735.1 37.239.0
45 31.834.3 36.338.0
46 30.933.4 35.437.1
47 30.032.5 34.436.2
48 29.231.7 33.535.3
49 28.330.8 32.634.4
50 27.430.0 31.733.5
51 26.629.1 30.832.6
52 25.828.3 29.931.7
53 24.927.4 29.030.8
54 24.126.6 28.229.9
55 23.325.8 27.329.0
56 22.525.0 26.428.2
57 21.724.2 25.627.3
58 20.923.4 24.726.5
59 20.222.6 23.925.6
60 19.421.9 23.124.8
61 18.721.1 22.323.9
62 18.020.4 21.523.1
63 17.319.6 20.722.3
64 16.618.9 19.921.5
65 15.918.2 19.220.7
66 15.217.5 18.419.9
67 14.616.8 17.719.1
68 13.916.1 16.918.4
Page 5 of 6 69 13.315.4 16.217.6
70 12.714.7 15.516.8
71 12.114.1 14.816.1
72 11.513.4 14.115.3
73 11.012.8 13.414.6
74 10.412.1 12.813.9
75 9.911.5 12.113.2
76 9.410.9 11.512.5
77 8.910.3 10.911.8
78 8.49.7 10.311.1
79 7.99.1 9.710.5
80 7.58.5 9.19.9
81 7.08.0 8.69.2
82 6.67.5 8.08.7
83 6.27.0 7.58.1
84 5.86.5 7.17.6
85 5.56.1 6.67.0
86 5.25.6 6.26.5
87 4.85.2 5.86.1
88 4.64.8 5.45.6
89 4.34.5 5.05.2
90 4.04.1 4.74.8
91 3.83.8 4.44.5
92 3.63.5 4.14.1
93 3.43.3 3.8
Page 6 of 6 94 3.23.0 3.63.5
95 3.02.8 3.43.3
96 2.92.6 3.13.0
97 2.72.5 3.02.8
98 2.62.3 2.82.6
99 2.52.1 2.62.4
100+ 2.42.0 2.52.3
Extracted from the agency's filing on rules.sd.gov ↗. Formatting is approximate; the PDF on the state portal is authoritative.