When necessary, in a civil action or other litigation, to establish the life expectancy of a person from any period in his life, whether he is living at the time or not, the table below must be received in all courts and by all persons having power to determine litigation as evidence, along with other evidence as to his health, constitution, and habits, of the life expectancy of the person. In determining the age of a person as of any particular time, periods of six months or more beyond the last full year must be treated as one year in using the table below.
Age Male Female 0 76.62 80.84 1 75.69 79.88 2 74.74 78.91 3 73.76 77.93 4 72.78 76.95 5 71.80 75.96 6 70.81 74.97 7 69.83 73.99 8 68.84 73.00 9 67.86 72.02 10 66.88 71.03 11 65.89 70.05 12 64.91 69.07 13 63.93 68.08 14 62.95 67.10 15 61.98 66.13 16 61.02 65.15 17 60.07 64.17 18 59.12 63.20 19 58.17 62.23 20 57.23 61.26 21 56.29 60.28 22 55.34 59.31 23 54.40 58.34 24 53.45 57.37 25 52.51 56.40 26 51.57 55.43 27 50.62 54.46 28 49.68 53.49 29 48.74 52.53 30 47.79 51.56 31 46.85 50.60 32 45.90 49.63 33 44.95 48.67 34 44.00 47.71 35 43.05 46.75 36 42.11 45.80 37 41.16 44.84 38 40.21 43.89 39 39.27 42.94 40 38.33 42.00 41 37.39 41.05 42 36.46 40.11 43 35.53 39.17 44 34.61 38.23 45 33.69 37.29 46 32.78 36.36 47 31.87 35.43 48 30.97 34.51 49 30.07 33.60 50 29.18 32.69 51 28.28 31.79 52 27.40 30.90 53 26.52 30.01 54 25.65 29.14 55 24.79 28.27 56 23.94 27.41 57 23.10 26.57 58 22.27 25.73 59 21.45 24.90 60 20.64 24.08 61 19.85 23.27 62 19.06 22.47 63 18.29 21.68 64 17.54 20.90 65 16.80 20.12 66 16.08 19.36 67 15.37 18.60 68 14.68 17.86 69 13.99 17.12 70 13.32 16.40 71 12.66 15.69 72 12.01 14.99 73 11.39 14.31 74 10.78 13.64 75 10.18 12.98 76 9.61 12.34 77 9.05 11.71 78 8.50 11.10 79 7.98 10.50 80 7.49 9.92 81 7.01 9.35 82 6.57 8.81 83 6.14 8.29 84 5.74 7.79 85 5.36 7.32 86 5.00 6.87 87 4.66 6.43 88 4.35 6.02 89 4.07 5.64 90 3.81 5.29 91 3.57 4.96 92 3.35 4.61 93 3.15 4.26 94 2.96 3.93 95 2.78 3.63 96 2.62 3.38 97 2.47 3.18 98 2.32 3.02 99 2.19 2.82 100 2.07 2.61 101 1.96 2.42 102 1.86 2.23 103 1.76 2.06 104 1.66 1.89 105 1.57 1.74 106 1.48 1.60 107 1.39 1.47 108 1.30 1.36 109 1.22 1.25 110 1.14 1.16 111 1.07 1.08 112 0.99 1.00 113 0.92 0.93 114 0.85 0.86 115 0.79 0.79 116 0.72 0.73 117 0.66 0.67 118 0.61 0.61 119 0.55 0.56 120 0.50 0.50
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 26-12; 1952 Code Section 26-12; 1942 Code Section 735; 1932 Code Section 735; Civ. P. '22 Section 751; Civ. C. '12 Section 4014; 1903 (24) 92; 1951 (47) 234; 1963 (53) 93. 1981 Act No. 37; 2004 Act No. 209, Section 1, eff April 26, 2004.
Editor's Note
2004 Act No. 209, Section 2, provides as follows:
"The life expectancy table contained in this section is based on the 2001 Commissioners Standard Ordinary Mortality Table developed by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners."
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
Section 19-1-10. Rules of construction.
Section 19-1-20. "Clerk" defined.
Section 19-1-30. Pleading shall not be evidence against accused.
Section 19-1-60. Request for admission of authenticity of documents and other papers.
Section 19-1-70. Proof of negligence by plaintiff in certain motor vehicle cases.
Section 19-1-90. Admissibility in criminal proceeding of written statement made to public employee.
Section 19-1-110. Introduction of certain instruments or copies issued by common carriers.
Section 19-1-130. Situations in which notary's protest is sufficient evidence.
Section 19-1-140. Use of testimony in subsequent trials when witness is in armed forces.
Section 19-1-150. Life expectancy tables.
Section 19-1-160. Nonsealed instruments may be considered as sealed.
Section 19-1-180. Out-of-court statements by certain children.