U.S. life expectancy has hit the highest mark in American history ...

An American born in 2024 can expect to live to be 79, on average. But people in other wealthy countries can expect to live longer.

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

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 ...

By Priyanjana Pramanik, MSc. A major cohort study suggests that consistent adherence to established healthy eating patterns may add years to life, even after accounting for genetic predisposition.

Alabama is one of eight Southern states that has shown the weakest growth in life expectancy over the last 125 years. That’s according to a study which examined about 179 million deaths across the ...

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. 1 ...