A new study from researchers at the Yale School of Public Health found major disparities in life expectancy between individual U.S. states.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Old person A new study highlights worrying differences in life expectancy trends across the United States, showing that states are ...

In a discussion with INET’s Lynn Parramore, researcher Steven H. Woolf explains how the peculiar features of life, policy, and economics in America are killing us sooner, and what we can do to change ...

According to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Americans’ life expectancy rose in 2023 and hit the highest level since the COVID-19 pandemic. In some states throughout the ...

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Life expectancy in the United States varies dramatically based on where someone lives. A groundbreaking study by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) examined more than 179 million ...

Kansas ranks 28th among the 50 U.S. states in life expectancy, with the typical Sunflower State resident living a few months less than the national average. Americans born in 2021 have an average life ...

As you can tell, the geographical locations of the "longest-living" and "shortest-living states" seem to form a pattern. The longest-living states are scattered across the country (but mostly residing ...

In a break from historical trends, average life expectancy in the United States fell precipitously during the COVID-19 pandemic. While health outcomes are now improving once again, there are still ...

The current landscape of public health in the United States is marked by a far-reaching attack on foundational scientific principles and institutions, threatening decades of progress in combating ...

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.