Yes, actually. He only survives in the destroy choice.
Does he?.
I am a bit confused with the destroy choice ending too, because Shepard is a synthetic being (on the like of an Human _Android Hybrid) and the child also mention Shepard is a synthetic being.
So Shepard is sure to die after he chooses to clear out all synthetic life in the galaxy.
(finished the game yesterday, and am totally disappointed in it. The illusive man acting out of character_total_wierdness really felt like horrible writing or plot makeup)