For National Public Health Week, Dr. Howard Forman surveys two centuries of interventions that together doubled human life ...

Objectives We use new data and robust methods to estimate mortality levels and trends for US states and Washington DC and ...

Two years ago, the Adams administration launched its plan called, the "Healthy NYC Plan," with its goal of making healthy changes so life expectancy could rise to 83 years old by 2030. It only took ...

This animated sequence illustrates the dramatic increase in longevity throughout history. This animated sequence illustrates the dramatic rise in longevity throughout history. From Ancient Times to ...

In the United States, how long a person lives can vary substantially depending on where in the country they reside. Comparing the life expectancy of people born from 1900 to 2000, a study published ...

For most of human history, life unfolded quickly and ended abruptly. In the early 19th century, global life expectancy hovered around 30 years, shaped by war, famine, and the relentless churn of ...

NEW YORK(AP) — U.S. life expectancy rose to 79 years in 2024 — the highest mark in American history. It's the result of not only the dissipation of the COVID-19 pandemic, but also waning death rates ...

Demography professor Samuel Preston said he supports healthcare reform — but unfortunately, his research doesn’t. Two of Preston’s recent papers suggest that the United States’ low life expectancy, ...

In a break from historical trends, average life expectancy in the United States fell precipitously in 2020 and 2021, and have yet to return to pre-pandemic levels. Despite these setbacks, there are ...

After falling dramatically amid the COVID-19 pandemic, life expectancy in Chicago climbed back to the point of being near pre-pandemic levels in 2023, the Chicago Department of Public Health announced ...