Healthy life expectancy is on the decline across most of the nation - with the disparity between how long people can expect to live in good health in the wealthiest and most deprived areas expanding.

Life expectancy in 2023 rose 0.9 years to 78.4 while the overall mortality rate adjusted for age declined 6%. Death rates ...

U.S.: No. 1 for 'Burdened by Disease' While people around much of the world generally have been living longer, they’ve also been living more years burdened by disease or disability. Global life ...

Life expectancy in the United States is rising nearly as quickly as it fell at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic as deaths from Covid-19 and drug overdoses drop. After falling 2.4 years between ...