In the United States, how long a person lives can vary substantially depending on where in the country they reside. Comparing the life expectancy of people born from 1900 to 2000, a study published ...

The latest analysis by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) investigates why the racial gap in black and white life expectancy is shrinking — even though the primary problem is that it ...

This story has been republished from A Place for Mom with permission. Don’t believe the hype. Life expectancy isn’t plummeting. What is life expectancy? Life expectancy is the expected number of years ...

Ohioans don't live as long as people in most other states. With an average life expectancy at birth of 76.9 years in 2019, Ohio ranked 42nd among the 50 states. But, in 2020 — the most recent year for ...

The World Economic Forum (WEF)'s recently-released Global Competitiveness Survey doesn't just look at the financial health of countries around the world – it also looks at the health of populations.

Researchers found that life expectancy growth in wealthy nations has dramatically slowed since 1939. Once driven by major reductions in child mortality, longevity gains are now limited by slower ...

Life expectancy in the United States is rising nearly as quickly as it fell at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic as deaths from Covid-19 and drug overdoses drop. After falling 2.4 years between 2019 ...