Objectives We use new data and robust methods to estimate mortality levels and trends for US states and Washington DC and ...

The life expectancy for Americans increased to 79 years in 2024 from 78.4 in 2023, according to a January data brief published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The report ...

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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...