What if the secret to a longer, healthier life wasn't found in a pill or a diet, but at 8,000 feet above sea level? According to 2023 data from Johns Hopkins, the average life expectancy in the U.S.

Japan has long held the top position when it comes to the world's life expectancy, but recent data says that by 2040 Spain will take over the top spot and the United States will fall drastically.

Last month, a new research study published by a University of Wisconsin assistant professor in the La Follette School of Public Affairs Héctor Pifarreé i Arolas concluded that the average life ...

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The life expectancy for Connecticut women is six years longer than it was 50 years ago, and Connecticut men are living seven years longer, according to data released recently. The average life ...

Two new studies estimate that life expectancy in the U.S. was reduced by more than a year due to the coronavirus pandemic. According to a study published in the peer-review journal British Medical ...

Kansas ranks 28th among the 50 U.S. states in life expectancy, with the typical Sunflower State resident living a few months less than the national average. Americans born in 2021 have an average life ...

Chicago’s average life expectancy bounced back to 78.7 years in 2023, nearly hitting its prepandemic peak — though large gaps remain between races and neighborhoods, according to the city health ...

Though the U.S. is failing to keep up with many other first-world countries when it comes to life expectancy averages, life expectancy in the U.S. is forecasted to increase, according to the Institute ...