Objectives We use new data and robust methods to estimate mortality levels and trends for US states and Washington DC and quantify cohort life expectancy for birth cohorts between 1941 and 2000.

Since the early 20th century, sustained declines in mortality have driven steady increases in life expectancy, particularly in high-income countries. Several studies have reported that this ...

Forbes Health analyzed data from organizations including IHME, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) to find the latest longevity statistics.

In a discussion with INET’s Lynn Parramore, researcher Steven H. Woolf explains how the peculiar features of life, policy, and economics in America are killing us sooner, and what we can do to change ...

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 ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Hawaiʻi is the place in the United States where people live the longest. In 2020, the islands reported the highest life expectancy in the country. Even during the pandemic, when ...

Life expectancy is one of the clearest mirrors of a community’s health, and in one Southern state that reflection is troubling. South Carolina residents are now expected to live roughly four years ...

People with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) frequently live well into adulthood. Advances in treatment have significantly increased the life expectancy for this condition. The median life expectancy ...

During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the virus caused life expectancy in California to drop significantly. It’s now been over two years since officials declared the pandemic-related public ...

Secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (SPMS) usually develops after years of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) and leads to steadily worsening symptoms and disability over time. SPMS ...