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

To deliver on pledges from the Trump administration to make America healthy again, policymakers will need to close gaps in longevity among racial and ethnic groups.

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

Our approach to estimating life expectancy losses in this study is conservative as it ignores the indirect effect of the war on mortality. Even ignoring this indirect effect, results show that the ...

Births in France fell last year to their lowest annual number since the end of World War II in 1945, the national statistics ...

Life expectancy at birth in Ireland has rebounded to 82.6 years in the wake of the Covid pandemic. Ireland ranks seventh in the ­European table for life expectancy compared to an average of 81.5 years ...

Can Doctors Estimate Life Expectancy After a Dementia Diagnosis? By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Jan. 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- The clock is running for people who’ve been ...

Following the Health and Social Care Statistical Outputs consultation commissioned by the Health and Social Care Statistics Leadership Forum, we are improving some of our statistical products, so they ...

We are, as the statistics show, living longer lives. But how many of those years will we spend feeling well enough to enjoy life? A longer lifespan – the number of years we’re alive – doesn ...

Women's longevity is slightly more affected by a single cigarette than men It was commissioned by the UK's Department for Health and Social Care The data noted some smokers living long, healthy ...

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 ...