The average life expectancy in the U.S. has been on the decline for three consecutive years. A baby born in 2017 is expected to live to be 78.6 years old, which is down from 78.7 the year before, ...

New health data released last week showed that life expectancy rates for American Indian and Alaska Natives increased by 4.5 years, the largest increase among racial and ethnic groups,according to a ...

The life expectancy of Shelby County residents dropped nearly 4 years as the area headed into the Covid pandemic, according to the latest data from the (SCHD). The report issued Wednesday showed a ...

The most recently available chart of U.S. life expectancy at birth from 1900 to 2021. Courtesy of the federal National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) Report Volume 72, Number 12. Formaspace offers a ...

Life expectancy for Californians has yet to rebound to pre-pandemic levels, and is still nearly one year shorter than it was before COVID-19, new research shows. In 2024, life expectancy for ...

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.

U.S. life expectancy fell by a year and a half in 2020, the largest one-year decline since World War II, according to research released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

New county data shows rising life expectancy, falling overdose deaths and stark differences in how long people live depending on their zip code.

Average life expectancy went down slightly compared to the previous study released in 2017.