According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the average life expectancy was 75.8 years for males, 81.1 years for females, and the average for both sexes is 78.4 years in 2023.

In a discussion with INET’s Lynn Parramore, researcher Steven H. Woolf explains how the peculiar features of life, policy, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Old person A new study highlights worrying differences in life expectancy trends across the United States, showing that states are ...

After more than a century of steady progress, new research warns that the world’s life expectancy boom is slowing, largely because improvements in early-life mortality have already been achieved.

Life expectancy in the United States varies dramatically based on where someone lives. A groundbreaking study by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) examined more than 179 million ...

* Life expectancy growth in high-income nations is slowing for generations born after 1939 * Reduced gains in early-age mortality improvements are the primary cause of the slowdown * //While medical ...

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 ...

The "model minority" myth holds that certain ethnic groups—for example, Asian Americans—are well-educated, hardworking, ...

On Wednesday, the CDC released data examining changes in life expectancy from 2013 to 2014. The data highlights life expectancy in regards to gender and three racial demographics — Hispanic, ...

South Koreas Health Life Expectancy Drops Below 70 Chronic diseases and lifestyle factors drive first decline in 8 years ...