White males die five years younger than white females with the average age being 75.7 years

June 15 - 21, 2009 is National Men's Health Month.

Guys die younger than gals. Here are the rates for 2005 from the CDC.

When considering sex and race, black males have the lowest life expectancy at birth (69.7 years), followed by white males (75.7 years), black females (76.5 years), and white females (80.6 years) (1).