Objectives We use new data and robust methods to estimate mortality levels and trends for US states and Washington DC and ...

Last month, a new research study published by a University of Wisconsin assistant professor in the La Follette School of Public Affairs Héctor Pifarreé i Arolas concluded that the average life ...

Hawaii, Massachusetts, and Washington, D.C. were among the areas with the highest life expectancy rates in the U.S. Researchers collected data using life expectancy patterns based on birth groups from ...

Life expectancy in the United States has risen slightly but not enough to compensate for significant setbacks during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control ...

Even with all the medical advances of the past century, mortality rates saw a spike that has now turned into stagnation.

The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic still quietly linger in American society. For one, the pandemic contributed to a massive spike in fatal drug overdoses among young people. And although those ...