A new study shows the disparities — largely along lines of race, class and geography — have nearly doubled since 2000.

Life expectancy gaps in the United States have widened dramatically over the past two decades, with disparities across racial ...

Education affects life expectancy of people in the U.S., with the lifespan gap growing between the most and least educated ...

Across more than 3,000 US counties, vast geographic differences with a widening gap were registered between the least and most educated, with a longer lifespan for those with a higher level of ...

"It should not be that way for a country as rich as the U.S." Since 2000, the average life expectancy of many American Indians and Alaska Natives has been steadily shrinking. The same has been ...

U.S. life expectancy jumped last year, and preliminary data suggests there may be another — much smaller — improvement this year. Death rates fell last year for almost all leading causes ...

On average, women diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder died almost nine years earlier, while men died ...

Life expectancy is an estimate of the average number of years a baby born ... A newly released report by the Bloomberg American Health Initiative highlights some of the reasons why the sharp ...

Having attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, is associated with a shorter life expectancy and a greater risk of ...

Can Doctors Estimate Life Expectancy After a Dementia Diagnosis ... our results suggest time to nursing home admission might be somewhat shorter in Europe and the US, compared with elsewhere,” ...

On average, a single cigarette takes 20 minutes off a person’s life, according to a new study published at University College London. To put that into perspective, a pack of 20 cigarettes can ...