Once driven by dramatic drops in early-life mortality, life expectancy gains are now losing momentum, signaling that today’s generations may never match the near-linear longevity climb of the past.

The United Nations has released a report ranking the countries with the highest life expectancy. At the top is Monaco, with ...

Researchers found that life expectancy growth in wealthy nations has dramatically slowed since 1939. Once driven by major reductions in child mortality, longevity gains are now limited by slower ...

The international study was done in conjunction with researchers at the Imperial College London’s school of public health and the World Health Organization. For the study, researchers used a set of 21 ...

Report shows dramatic rise in life expectancy of both men and women from 2022 to 2023, despite Israel investing only 7.6% of ...

Australians born today in the ACT can expect to enjoy a longer life than anywhere else in the country, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The data released on ...

BEIJING: The good news is that people in China are living longer, with latest statistics showing that the average life expectancy reached 79 years old in 2024 - an increase of 0.4 years from 2023. The ...

South Carolina has one of the lowest life expectancies in the United States, reflecting inequalities in health and the environment.

How long you live depends on where you live, new research suggests. Americans’ life expectancy increased throughout the 20th century, although in some states, particularly in the South, people aren’t ...