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 ...

In a discussion with INET’s Lynn Parramore, researcher Steven H. Woolf explains how the peculiar features of life, policy, ...

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 ...

An American born in 2024 can expect to live to be 79, on average. But people in other wealthy countries can expect to live longer.

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 ...

After more than a century of steady progress, new research warns that the world’s life expectancy boom is slowing, largely because improvements in early-life mortality have already been achieved.

The average life expectancy of New Yorkers was a record-breaking 83.2 years old in 2024, achieving one of Mayor Eric Adams’s key public health promises five years ahead of schedule. Life expectancy ...