Length of life and cause of death of U.S. presidents 1799-2024

Length of life and cause of death of United States Presidents from 1799 to 2024

CharacteristicHeart attack, failure or cardiovascular diseaseStrokeGunshot woundPneumonia/respiratory illnessCancerOther***Still Living**Average
Jimmy Carter - - - - - - 100.08 -
George H. W. Bush - - - - - 94.47 - -
Gerald Ford 93.45 - - - - - - -
Ronald Reagan - - - 93.33 - - - -
John Adams 90.68 - - - - - - -
Herbert Hoover - - - - 90.19 - - -
Harry S. Truman - - - - - 88.63 - -
James Madison 85.28 - - - - - - -
Thomas Jefferson - - - - - 83.22 - -
Joe Biden - - - - - - 81.94 -
Richard Nixon - 81.28 - - - - - -
John Quincy Adams - 80.62 - - - - - -
Martin Van Buren - - - 79.63 - - - -
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2024

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1799 to November 22, 2023

Supplementary notes

*Died while in office.

**As of October 29, 2024. 

***Cause of death for "other" are as follows (in chronological order):
George Washington: Epiglottitis/medical malpractice
Thomas Jefferson: Uremia
James Monroe: Tuberculosis
William Henry Harrison: Typhoid fever
James K. Polk: Cholera
Zachary Taylor: Gastroenteritis/medical malpractice
Franklin Pierce: Liver cirrhosis
Theodore Roosevelt: Pulmonary embolism (blood clot)
Harry S. Truman: Pneumonia/ multiple organ failure
George H. W. Bush: Parkinson's Disease

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