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Americans have come last in an analysis of the life expectancy of people living in English-speaking countries. Citizens of Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand have all ...
The state’s life expectancy was lower in 2024 than in 2019, according to an analysis, but primarily as a result of causes of ...
Fifty years of economic change have taken a heavy toll on some Americans, especially those with less education who not only have been left behind but are sicker and living shorter lives, according ...
Americans have come last in an analysis of the life expectancy of people living in English-speaking countries. Citizens of Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand have all ...
Brookings scholar Andre M. Perry explores how life expectancy and progress for Black Americans are directly linked.
A new study from Penn State University found that Americans have the lowest life expectancy of similar English-speaking countries.
The life expectancy for American women is two years shorter than that of the country with next lowest female life expectancy — the United Kingdom — and seven years shorter than that in Korea ...
Comparing the life expectancy of people born from 1900 to 2000, a study published Monday found that in many southern states, life expectancy changed very little, especially for women.
A variety of factors, such as low COVID-19 vaccination rates and Americans' general poor health, is behind the life expectancy drop, experts say.
The life expectancy among Native Americans in the western United States has dropped below 64 years, close to life expectancies in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Haiti.
According to the new data, white Americans saw a larger decrease in life expectancy in 2021 than Black and Hispanic Americans.