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.
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A new study from researchers at the Yale School of Public Health found major disparities in life expectancy between individual U.S. states.
NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. life expectancy rose to 79 years in 2024 — the highest mark in American history. It’s the result of not only the dissipation of the COVID-19 pandemic, but also waning death rates ...
Nearly 10 years have passed since a 2013 Institute of Medicine report drew attention to the US health disadvantage. For decades, the report explained, Americans had experienced poorer health, higher ...
(CNN) — People in the United States can expect to live longer than ever, as death rates returned to pre-pandemic levels in 2024. Life expectancy in the US had been trending up for decades before ...