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.

Researchers attribute the rise in U.S. life expectancy, which reached 79 years in 2024, to the end of the pandemic and a drop in deaths from heart disease, cancer and drug overdoses.

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 ...

Life expectancy is one of the clearest mirrors of a community’s health, and in one Southern state that reflection is troubling. South Carolina residents are now expected to live roughly four years ...