This story and visualization are part of our new “Data In Your Life” series, in which we mine public databases to tell quick stories about the world around us. Life expectancy in North Carolina ...

New York tied for the fourth-highest life expectancy in the U.S. — 79 years — in the most recent federal data available. New York tied with its neighbor New Jersey for fourth place. Only Connecticut, ...

Global life expectancy returned in 2023 to levels seen before the Covid-19 pandemic, rising to 76.3 years for women and 71.5 years for men, according to Global Burden of Disease, a long-running study ...

U.S. life expectancy rose last year to its highest level since the COVID-19 pandemic, while death rates fell for almost all the top causes, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC ...

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.

Using the statistics from the WHO, the gap between lifespan and health span is nearly 9.5 years worldwide and 12.5 years in the U.S. as of 2021. In other words, the world gained years of life faster ...

Local officials respond to a report that reveals a 17-year life expectancy gap between two Wilmington neighborhoods.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Life expectancy differs by sexual orientation, data shows, prompting questions as to the causes. Michael Brandt/dpa People who ...

By Priyanjana Pramanik, MSc. A major cohort study suggests that consistent adherence to established healthy eating patterns may add years to life, even after accounting for genetic predisposition.