Figures for national life expectancy by country tend to be within bandwidths. At the moment, the US is relegated to the lower end by comparison with the rest of the world, one rank above Cuba. That is ...

Global life expectancy at birth recovered from a two-year decline in 2022 but has yet to return to the record high hit in 2019. The most recent figures available from the World Bank indicate average ...

Once driven by dramatic drops in early-life mortality, life expectancy gains are now losing momentum, signaling that today’s generations may never match the near-linear longevity climb of the past.

Life expectancy is the average number of years a person is expected to live. Depending on the healthcare, food, lifestyle, and living standards of a particular country, life expectancy changes. Life ...

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, ...

Life expectancy in the United States is expected to increase from 78.3 years in 2022 to 80.4 years in 2050, which is below that of other wealthy nations. A study from the University of Washington’s ...

Life expectancy is a crucial indicator of a nation’s overall health and well-being. It’s a measure of how long citizens can expect to live, on average, based on various factors like healthcare quality ...

Life expectancy is a measure of how long people in a country are expected to live on average, based on current mortality ...

Gurven is distinguished professor of anthropology at the University of California-Santa Barbara and the author of “Seven Decades: How We Evolved to Live Longer.” We’re living in the age of the ...

Life expectancy in Arkansas fell by 1.3 years in 2021, roughly tying with five other states for the country's eighth biggest drop as the covid-19 pandemic took a toll on expected lifespans in Arkansas ...