The duration of human life, a fundamental measure of societal well-being, is a subject of continuous interest and rigorous ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The average life expectancy fell across the United States in recent years, with some states, including Kentucky, seeing more significant declines than others. Using data from the CDC ...

Kansas ranks 28th among U.S. states in life expectancy, with the typical Sunflower State resident living a few months less ...

Life expectancy rose to 77.5 years on average in 2022, a slight increase of 1.1 years from 2021, according to new studies from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Life expectancy at birth ...

Life expectancy in the United States started to rebound in 2022 as death rates from Covid-19 and other leading causes of death dropped, but deaths among children increased, and drug overdoses caused a ...

This infographic shows life expectancy at birth in selected G20 countries and worldwide between 1960 and 2023.

Americans continue to rank dead last in life expectancy among English-speaking countries, a new study finds. People in the United States more often fall prey at younger ages to accidental deaths, ...

New research from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) revealed that Americans' life expectancy is expected to increase in the next 30 years, but it’s doing so at a much slower rate ...

Life expectancy in the USA varies by more than 20 years depending on an individual’s race and ethnicity and where they live. These widespread and persistent life expectancy disparities have divided ...

People line up for free food, groceries and clothing at a weekly distribution in 2023 in Huntington, W.Va., a community struggling with a declining manufacturing base and a surge in opioid addiction ...

If Moore’s law applies to life expectancy the way it does to electronics, then we’ll have to spend and innovate exponentially ...

Life expectancy in the United States increased in 2022 after two years of decline, according to new final federal mortality data. In a report published early Thursday by the Centers for Disease ...