This presentation includes facts and figures assembled by Gen Re for the U.S. Life insurance industry. The information has been assembled in honor of the Life Foundation's Life Insurance Awareness Month campaign (September 2014).

1. Life Insurance: Stats and Facts
September 2014

2. Need for Life Insurance
States with the Highest and Lowest Age-Adjusted Death Rates, 2011
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665.4 660.6 659.2 641.3
584.9
New York Connecticut Minnesota California Hawaii
956.1 953.2 933.6 910.9 910.3
Mississippi West
Virginia
Alabama Oklahoma Kentucky
Highest Lowest
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, Deaths: Final Data for 2011,
released June 2014
U.S. Death Rate=741.3 per 100,000 U.S. population

3. Need for Life Insurance
Percentage of Adults 18 and Over with Selected Circulatory Diseases, 2012
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Coronary
Heart Disease1 Hypertension2 Stroke
Male 7.7% 25.6% 2.6%
Female 5.4% 25.4% 2.8%
18–44 0.9% 8.3% 0.6%
45–64 7.1% 33.6% 2.8%
65–74 16.2% 52.2% 6.3%
75 and older 25.7% 58.9% 10.7%
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Vital and Health Statistics, February 2014;
Data calculated by Gen Re
1Includes coronary heart disease, angina pectoris, or heart attack
2Persons had to have been told on two or more different visits that they had hypertension or high
blood pressure to be classified as hypertensive
GenderAgeGroup

4. Need for Life Insurance
Life Expectancy by Age and Gender, 2011
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At Age Male Female
5 71.9 76.6
10 66.9 71.6
15 62.0 66.7
20 57.2 61.7
25 52.5 56.9
30 47.9 52.0
35 43.2 47.2
40 38.6 42.4
45 34.0 37.8
50 29.7 33.2
At Age Male Female
55 25.5 28.8
60 21.6 24.5
65 17.8 20.3
70 14.3 16.5
75 11.1 12.9
80 8.2 9.6
85 5.9 6.9
90 4.1 4.8
95 2.9 3.3
100 2.1 2.3
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, Deaths: Final Data for 2011,
released June 2014

5. Need for Life Insurance
Prevalence of Diagnosed Diabetes by Age
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Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Health Interview Survey, 2013
2%
12%
22%
20%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006 2011
0–44 45–64 65–74 75+

6. Ten Leading Causes of Death, 2011
Total Number of Deaths for All Causes = 2,515,458
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39,518
45,591
53,826
73,831
84,974
126,438
128,932
142,943
576,691
596,577
Suicide
Nephritis
Influenza and Pneumonia
Diabetes Mellitus
Alzheimer’s Disease
Unintentional Injury
Cerebrovascular Disease
Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease
Malignant Neoplasm (Cancer)
Heart Disease
Total number of deaths
for top ten = 1,869,321
(74% of all causes)
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, Deaths: Final Data for 2011,
released June 2014

7. 201.2 197.2
44.0
34.1
51.7
16.8
182.0 173.4
47.6 48.4
29.8 37.5
Heart
Disease
Malignant
Neoplasm
(Cancer)
Chronic Lower
Respiratory
Disease
Cerebrovascular
Disease
Unintentional
Injury
Alzheimer’s
Disease
Male Female
Death Rates by Gender
Death Rates per 100,000 U.S. Population for Selected Causes of Death for All Ages by Gender, 2011
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185.1
Combined
191.5 27.340.645.9 41.4
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, Deaths: Final Data for 2011,
released June 2014

8. Number of Fatal Work Injuries by State, 2013*
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Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2014 (*Data for 2013 are preliminary)

9. Occupational Deaths
The Four Most Frequent Work-Related Fatal Events
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991
699
503
397
0
300
600
900
1,200
1,500
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013*
Highway Incidents Falls Struck by Object or Equipment Homicides
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2014 (*Data for 2013 are preliminary)

10. Establishment Characteristics Civilian Private Industry State & Local Gov’t.
Access Participation Access Participation Access Participation
Goods-Producing Industries 73% 71% 73% 71% -- --
Service-Providing Industries 58% 57% 54% 52% 79% 77%
Education & health services 68% 67% 62% 61% 79% 77%
Educational services 76% 74% 66% 66% 79% 77%
Elementary & secondary schools 76% 75% -- -- 78% 76%
Junior colleges, colleges &
universities
83% 80% 86% 86% 81% 77%
Health care & social assistance 63% 61% 61% 60% 81% 78%
Hospitals 87% 85% -- -- 90% 87%
Public administration 83% 81% -- -- 83% 81%
All workers 60% 59% 57% 55% 79% 78%
Market Potential for Life Insurance
Employee Access to and Participation in Life Insurance Benefits by Industry
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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey, Employee Benefits in the United States—March 2014

11. 40%
77%
35%
55%
70%
86%
39%
75%
34%
52%
68%
85%
1–99 100 or more 1–49 50–99 100–499 500 or more
Number of Employees
Access Participation
Market Potential for Life Insurance
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Employee Access to and Participation in Life Insurance Benefits by Number of Employees (Private Industry)
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey, Employee Benefits in the United States—March 2014

12. 56%
60% 61%
50%
55% 57% 59%
49%
Northeast South Midwest West
Access Participation
Market Potential for Life Insurance
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Employee Access to and Participation in Life Insurance Benefits by Geographic Area (Private Industry)
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey, Employee Benefits in the United States—March 2014

13. 72%
13%
86%
54%
71%
11%
84%
53%
Full-time Part-time Union Non-union
Access Participation
Market Potential for Life Insurance
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Employee Access to and Participation in Life Insurance Benefits (Private Industry)
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey, Employee Benefits
in the United States—March 2014
Employment Status Bargaining Status

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or its completeness. The content of this presentation is intended to
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