Business Insider

There's a shameful racial gap in American life expectancy — but it's shrinking

The latest analysis by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) investigates why the racial gap in black and white life expectancy is shrinking — even though the primary problem is that it ...
Columbus Dispatch

After declines in U.S. life expectancy, how long can Ohioans expect to live?

Ohioans don't live as long as people in most other states. With an average life expectancy at birth of 76.9 years in 2019, Ohio ranked 42nd among the 50 states. But, in 2020 — the most recent year for ...
Los Angeles Times

On average, people born in the U.S. in 2015 will live 36.5 days fewer than those born in 2014

The final numbers for 2015 are in and it’s now official: Life expectancy for Americans was shorter last year than it was the year before. A person born in the U.S. in 2015 could expect to live 78.8 ...
Business Insider

The 15 places where people live the longest

The World Economic Forum (WEF)'s recently-released Global Competitiveness Survey doesn't just look at the financial health of countries around the world – it also looks at the health of populations.
Jewish Press

Israel Among Top Five Countries on WHO 2015 Life Expectancy Chart

Only 22 countries around the globe have reached an average life expectancy at birth greater than 80 years, according to the World Health Organization’s Global Health Observatory (GHO) data, which ...