According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the average life expectancy was 75.8 years for males, 81.1 years for females, and the average for both sexes is 78.4 years in 2023. 1 ...

New figures show people in Scotland are spending a greater proportion of their life in poor health than previously.

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Among Japanese babies born in 2018, 26.5% of boys and 50.5% of girls are expected to live to 90. Click here for life expectancy figures in 2019 (published in August 2020). The average life expectancy ...

It is easy to see the rationale behind wanting to have such a measure: what is the point of increasing life expectancy if people are living their extra years in pain and suffering? If government is ...

Since the early 20th century, sustained declines in mortality have driven steady increases in life expectancy, particularly in high-income countries. Several studies have reported that this ...

Life expectancy growth in high-income nations is slowing for generations born after 1939 Reduced gains in early-age mortality improvements are the primary cause of the slowdown While medical advances ...