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Life expectancy

Americans Die Younger Than All Other English Speakers

DEAD LAST, DEAD FIRST

Researchers from Penn State compared the mortality rates from six English-speaking nations and America doesn’t come out too well, unless you live in California or Hawaii.

David Gardner | Published Aug 14, 2024

Health Misinformation Is Lowering U.S. Life Expectancy

NOT GOOD...

The U.S. life expectancy is three to five years lower than that of peer countries.

Katie Hawkinson | Published Apr 11, 2023

NYC Life Expectancy Plummeted During the Pandemic

‘HAVE WE GONE BACKWARDS?’

The city’s death rate also increased by 50%, bucking years of positive public health trends.

Victor Swezey | Published Apr 08, 2023

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U.S. Life Expectancy Plunges to Lowest Level in 25 Years

CUT SHORT

Deaths from drug overdoses and COVID contributed to the alarming trend.

Dan Ladden-Hall | Published Dec 22, 2022

U.S. Life Expectancy Falls at the Steepest Rate in 100 Years

SLIPPING

Average life expectancy took a three-year cut.

Dan Ladden-Hall | Published Aug 31, 2022

Pandemic Wiped 1.8 Years Off U.S. Life Expectancy in 2020

NO SURPRISE

It’s the most dramatic one-year drop in life expectancy since at least World War II.

Jamie Ross | Published Dec 22, 2021

Black Life Expectancy Takes Worst Hit Since Great Depression

‘BASICALLY CATASTROPHIC’

In 2020, life expectancy for Black Americans tumbled by nearly three years.

Jamie Ross | Published Jul 21, 2021

Pandemic Shaves an Entire Year Off American Life Expectancy

HISTORIC FAILURE

Experts say that a drop of this magnitude hasn’t been recorded since World War Two—and the decline is much, much worse among minority communities.

Jamie Ross | Published Feb 18, 2021

U.S. Life Expectancy Improves for First Time in Four Years

EXTRA TIME

A decline in drug overdoses and better cancer treatment are leading factors in the new numbers, which are equal to those in 2010.

Tom Sykes | Published Jan 30, 2020

Suicide and Drug Overdoses Push Down U.S. Life Expectancy

‘WAKEUP CALL’

Suicide death rate hits its highest level in 50 years.

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