US deaths are down and life expectancy is up, but improvements are slowing
3 months, 1 week ago

US deaths are down and life expectancy is up, but improvements are slowing

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — U.S. life expectancy jumped last year, and preliminary data suggests there may be another — much smaller — improvement this year. Death rates fell last year for almost all leading causes, notably COVID-19, heart disease and drug overdoses, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released Thursday. That means that life expectancy for 2024 likely will rise — ”but probably not by a lot,” said Anderson, who oversees death tracking at the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics. That’s a much smaller drop than the 73% decline in the COVID-19 death rate, but heart disease affects more people so even small changes can be more impactful, Anderson said.

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More people died in 2024, but Dutch men’s life expectancy increased slightly
1 month, 2 weeks ago

More people died in 2024, but Dutch men’s life expectancy increased slightly

NL Times  

Last year, 172,000 people died in the Netherlands, around 2,500 more than in 2023. The life expectancy for men increased in 2024 and decreased slightly for women, Statistics Netherlands reported based on provisional figures. 87,200 women and 84,900 men died last year. 57 percent of people who died last year were 80 years old or older. Last year, the life …

US deaths expected to exceed births within a decade
2 months, 2 weeks ago

US deaths expected to exceed births within a decade

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy U.S. birth rates are …

Life expectancy in U.S. could stall by 2050 because America is getting too fat, physicians warn
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Life expectancy in U.S. could stall by 2050 because America is getting too fat, physicians warn

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Americans’ life expectancy is expected to stall by 2050 because of …

Americans' life expectancy to crash to 66th in the world... lower than many sub-Saharan African nations
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Americans' life expectancy to crash to 66th in the world... lower than many sub-Saharan African nations

Daily Mail  

US life expectancy is projected to sink to 66th in the world in the coming decades, according to a major new study. Dr Stein Emil Vollset, who led the new study, said: ‘The rapid decline of the US in global rankings from 2022 to 2050 rings the alarm for immediate action.’ Nationwide, America has a life expectancy of 77.5 years, …

US life expectancy forecasted to stall by 2050
3 months, 3 weeks ago

US life expectancy forecasted to stall by 2050

CNN  

CNN — The United States is expected to make only minor gains in life expectancy over the next few decades, and this minimal improvement highlights an “alarming trajectory of health challenges” facing the country, researchers say. Life expectancy in the US is expected to increase from 78.3 years in 2022 to 80.4 years in 2050, according to forecasting models from …

US life expectancy forecasted to stall by 2050
3 months, 3 weeks ago

US life expectancy forecasted to stall by 2050

CNN  

CNN — The United States is expected to make only minor gains in life expectancy over the next few decades, and this minimal improvement highlights an “alarming trajectory of health challenges” facing the country, researchers say. Life expectancy in the US is expected to increase from 78.3 years in 2022 to 80.4 years in 2050, according to forecasting models from …

Age limit: Have we hit a ceiling for longevity? Not so fast, some experts say
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Age limit: Have we hit a ceiling for longevity? Not so fast, some experts say

Salon  

For as long as humans have been aware of their mortality, the question of whether a limit exists to the maximum age we can reach has followed. However, a new study published this week in Nature Aging says that this upward trend is curbing and boldly states that “humanity’s battle for a long life has largely been accomplished.” Using data …

Don't expect human life expectancy to grow much more, researcher says
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Don't expect human life expectancy to grow much more, researcher says

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “We have to recognize there's a limit” and perhaps …

The US states where people die younger than in Palestine and Syria
7 months, 1 week ago

The US states where people die younger than in Palestine and Syria

Daily Mail  

A new map based on official data lays bare Americans' shockingly low life expectancy. Rounding out the bottom five US states for life expectancy are Louisiana — 72.2 years — and Kentucky — 72.3 years. Even taking into account the recent increase in life expectancy, nations like Japan, France, and Sweden rank far higher Experts blame expensive healthcare, people without …

US births fell in 2023 to the lowest count in more than 40 years
11 months ago

US births fell in 2023 to the lowest count in more than 40 years

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — U.S. births fell last year, resuming a long national slide. Mark called that development surprising and said “there’s some evidence that not just postponement is going on.” Rates fell across almost all racial and ethnic groups. There could be an adjustment to the 2023 data, but it won’t be enough to erase the “sizeable” decline seen in …

US life expectancy improved in 2022, but child deaths rose, and drug overdoses were deadlier than ever
1 year ago

US life expectancy improved in 2022, but child deaths rose, and drug overdoses were deadlier than ever

CNN  

CNN — Life expectancy in the United States started to rebound in 2022 as death rates from Covid-19 and other leading causes of death dropped, but deaths among children increased, and drug overdoses caused a record number of deaths. The death rate among children ages 1 to 4 jumped 12% between 2021 and 2022, while the death rate for children …

Pandemic And Overdoses Drive Record Gender Disparity In US Life Expectancy: Research
1 year, 3 months ago

Pandemic And Overdoses Drive Record Gender Disparity In US Life Expectancy: Research

News 18  

Research indicates that women in the United States can anticipate living almost six years longer than men, marking the widest life expectancy gap in decades. The authors note a life expectancy difference of 5.8 years in 2021, the largest in the US since 1996, compared to 4.8 years in 2010, the narrowest gap in recent years. Yan expressed concern about …

US life expectancy rose by more than a year, but it remains below its pre-pandemic level
1 year, 4 months ago

US life expectancy rose by more than a year, but it remains below its pre-pandemic level

Firstpost  

For decades, US life expectancy rose a little nearly every year. Life expectancy in the United States increased last year by more than a year, primarily due to the diminishing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. However, despite the significant rise, the current life expectancy in the US has only …

US life expectancy rose last year, but it remains below its pre-pandemic level
1 year, 4 months ago

US life expectancy rose last year, but it remains below its pre-pandemic level

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — U.S. life expectancy rose last year — by more than a year — but still isn’t close to what it was before the COVID-19 pandemic. But even with the large increase, U.S. life expectancy is only back to 77 years, 6 months — about what it was two decades ago. For decades, U.S. life expectancy rose a …

US life expectancy rose last year, but it remains below its pre-pandemic level
1 year, 4 months ago

US life expectancy rose last year, but it remains below its pre-pandemic level

The Independent  

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Why men die younger than women?
1 year, 4 months ago

Why men die younger than women?

Hindustan Times  

Men and women have different life expectancies. In Germany in 2022, for example, men had an average life expectancy of just over 78 years, while women's life expectancy was at 82.8 years. In the paper, published in the JAMA Journal of Internal Medicine in November 2023, the authors said the pandemic disproportionately affected men in the US and contributed to …

Rise in infant mortality shows that the US needs to take better care of its moms
1 year, 4 months ago

Rise in infant mortality shows that the US needs to take better care of its moms

Live Mint  

New provisional data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offer a horrible statistic: The infant death rate in the US rose by 3% in 2022 to 5.6 deaths per 1,000 live births, the first significant increase in about 20 years. We should consider even one year’s reversal in infant deaths, a rate already exceeding that of America’s …

The US infant mortality rate rose last year. The CDC says it’s the largest increase in two decades
1 year, 4 months ago

The US infant mortality rate rose last year. The CDC says it’s the largest increase in two decades

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The U.S. infant mortality rate rose 3% last year — the largest increase in two decades, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The national rate rose to 5.6 infant deaths per 1,000 live births in 2022, up from from 5.44 per 1,000 the year before, the new report said. More than 30 states saw …

The US infant mortality rate rose last year. The CDC says it's the largest increase in two decades
1 year, 4 months ago

The US infant mortality rate rose last year. The CDC says it's the largest increase in two decades

The Independent  

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Maternal deaths in the US more than doubled over two decades. Black mothers died at the highest rate
1 year, 8 months ago

Maternal deaths in the US more than doubled over two decades. Black mothers died at the highest rate

Associated Press  

Maternal deaths across the U.S. more than doubled over the course of two decades, and the tragedy unfolded unequally. “It’s a call to action to all of us to understand the root causes — to understand that some of it is about health care and access to health care, but a lot of it is about structural racism and the …

Over 4.5 million women and babies die every year during pregnancy, claims UN
1 year, 10 months ago

Over 4.5 million women and babies die every year during pregnancy, claims UN

India TV News  

More than 4.5 million women and babies die every year during pregnancy, childbirth or the first weeks after birth -- equivalent to one death happening every seven seconds -- mostly from preventable or treatable causes, according to a new report from the United Nations on Tuesday. The report, improving maternal and newborn health and survival and reducing stillbirth, shows that …

Column: America’s decline in life expectancy speaks volumes about our problems
1 year, 11 months ago

Column: America’s decline in life expectancy speaks volumes about our problems

LA Times  

U.S. average life expectancies are lowest in the Southeast, highest on the West Coast and the Northeast. “COVID-19 has erased two decades of life expectancy growth in the U.S., whereas the average life expectancy for comparable countries has decreased only marginally, to 2018 levels,” the Health System Tracker found. “America is seeing the greatest gap in life expectancy across regions …

One woman dies every 2 minutes in pregnancy, childbirth: United Nations
2 years, 1 month ago

One woman dies every 2 minutes in pregnancy, childbirth: United Nations

The Hindu  

A woman dies every two minutes due to pregnancy or childbirth complications, despite maternal mortality rates dropping by a third in 20 years, the United Nations said on February 23. The overall maternal mortality rate dropped by 34.3% over a 20-year period — from 339 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in 2000 to 223 maternal deaths in 2020, according …

Over 65? Take Harvard's quiz to see your % risk of dying
2 years, 1 month ago

Over 65? Take Harvard's quiz to see your % risk of dying

Daily Mail  

An eye-opening Harvard University study last week revealed eight surprising factors that raise the risk of suffering an early death — such as living in an unclean neighborhood, being estranged from children or being disrespected. Made for people aged 65 years and over, it asks users their age and sex before quizzing them on eight social factors measuring whether they …

Declining U.S. life expectancy fell further in 2021 due to COVID and drug overdoses
2 years, 3 months ago

Declining U.S. life expectancy fell further in 2021 due to COVID and drug overdoses

LA Times  

Deb Walker, of Chester, Vt., visits the grave of her daughter Brooke Goodwin, who died in March 2021 after a drug overdose. The numbers, released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, mark the second consecutive year of decline in average life expectancy, a streak that hasn’t happened in more than a century. The year 2021 saw 106,699 …

US life expectancy drops for 2nd straight year, due to COVID
2 years, 6 months ago

US life expectancy drops for 2nd straight year, due to COVID

Raw Story  

Life expectancy for Americans dropped in 2021 for the second straight year -- the biggest two-year decline in a century -- notably due to the Covid-19 pandemic, US health officials announced Wednesday. US life expectancy at birth dipped by nearly a full year from 2020 to 2021, to 76.1 years, the lowest average since 1996, according to provisional data from …

US life expectancy plunged again in 2021, down nearly a year
2 years, 6 months ago

US life expectancy plunged again in 2021, down nearly a year

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — U.S. life expectancy dropped for the second consecutive year in 2021, falling by nearly a year from 2020, according to a government report being released Wednesday. But it’s likely the declines in 2020 and 2021 will stand as the first two consecutive years of declining life expectancy in the U.S. since the early 1960s, CDC officials said. …

US life expectancy plunged again in 2021, down nearly a year: CDC
2 years, 6 months ago

US life expectancy plunged again in 2021, down nearly a year: CDC

Al Jazeera  

COVID-19 blamed for about half of life expectancy decline followed by heart disease, drug overdoses, suicide. Life expectancy fell in the United States in 2021 for the second year in a row, driven by COVID-19 deaths, according to provisional data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The nearly one-year decline in life expectancy from 2020 to 76.1 …

Covid-19 pandemic triggers biggest fall in life expectancy since World War 2: Study
3 years, 6 months ago

Covid-19 pandemic triggers biggest fall in life expectancy since World War 2: Study

India Today  

The Covid-19 pandemic brought life expectancy down by the largest amount since World War II, as per a study published by Oxford University on Monday. In 22 of the 29 countries examined in the study, life expectancy was more than six months lower than what it was in 2019. According to the Oxford University study, most life expectancy reductions in …

US life expectancy falls by more than a year due to Covid-19 pandemic, CDC study says
3 years, 8 months ago

US life expectancy falls by more than a year due to Covid-19 pandemic, CDC study says

CNN  

CNN — Life expectancy in the United States fell by a year and a half in 2020 primarily due to increases in death due to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to early data released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. life expectancy at birth for 2020, based on nearly final data, was 77.3 years, the lowest it has …

US life expectancy dropped 1.5 years in 2020
3 years, 8 months ago

US life expectancy dropped 1.5 years in 2020

Al Jazeera  

Black and Hispanic Americans saw a more dramatic plunge, with life expectancy dropping by three years. Overall life expectancy in the United States fell by a year and a half in 2020, the largest one-year decline since World War II, health officials have said – but the decrease for Black Americans and Hispanic Americans was even worse, at three years. …

Women Outlive Men Around the World, Courtesy Food Habits and Biological Causes: Study
3 years, 8 months ago

Women Outlive Men Around the World, Courtesy Food Habits and Biological Causes: Study

News 18  

The average life expectancy in women has been found to be more than that in men in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it comes to around 81 years for women, while the average for men stands at 76 years. Zarulli also said women live four to five more years than men, on average. …

U.S. life expectancy drop during pandemic shows ‘price people pay for systemic racism’
3 years, 9 months ago

U.S. life expectancy drop during pandemic shows ‘price people pay for systemic racism’

LA Times  

Workers at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Los Angeles prepare to move the body of a COVID-19 victim to the hospital’s morgue. If we had to roll up our sleeves before, now we have to fundamentally start over.” In an editorial published alongside the new research, UC Berkeley demographer Magali Barbieri wrote that the pandemic has “operated as a …

US life expectancy fell by more than a year during pandemic – and lags behind other high-income nations, studies suggest
3 years, 9 months ago

US life expectancy fell by more than a year during pandemic – and lags behind other high-income nations, studies suggest

CNN  

CNN — Two new studies reveal just how much of a toll the coronavirus pandemic has taken on life expectancy in the United States, which lags behind other high-income nations. “The change in life expectancy among the Black population was smaller than projected but remained much larger than that for the White population,” the researchers write in their study. “The …

COVID-19 pandemic caused US life expectancy to decrease by nearly TWO YEARS to 76.8
3 years, 9 months ago

COVID-19 pandemic caused US life expectancy to decrease by nearly TWO YEARS to 76.8

Daily Mail  

The COVID-19 pandemic caused life expectancy in the U.S. to decrease by nearly two years, a new study suggests. A new study found that life expectancy in the U.S. fell by nearly two years from 78.8 years in 2018 to 76.8 years in 2020, which is the biggest drop since World War II when life expectancy fell by 2.9 years …

The states with the longest and shortest life expectancies, according to the CDC
4 years ago

The states with the longest and shortest life expectancies, according to the CDC

The Independent  

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US life expectancy plunged in 2020 by most since World War II
4 years, 1 month ago

US life expectancy plunged in 2020 by most since World War II

Hindustan Times  

US life expectancy plunged by a full year in the first half of 2020, the biggest drop since World War II, as the Covid-19 pandemic ravaged the country. A recent research paper found that the overall toll may be even higher once indirect effects are taken into account, including people who died because they delayed seeking treatment for other conditions. …

U.S. Life Expectancy Drops A Year In Pandemic, Most Since WWII
4 years, 1 month ago

U.S. Life Expectancy Drops A Year In Pandemic, Most Since WWII

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Life expectancy in the United States dropped a staggering one year during the first half of 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic caused its first wave of deaths, health officials are reporting. Black people now lag white people by six years in life expectancy, reversing a trend that had been bringing their numbers closer since 1993. Between 2019 …

COVID: US life expectancy drops, Black and Latinos hardest hit
4 years, 1 month ago

COVID: US life expectancy drops, Black and Latinos hardest hit

Al Jazeera  

Latino and Black communities see life expectancy fall by 2 and 3 years respectively, in first 6 months of 2020. Life expectancy in the United States dropped a staggering one year during the first half of 2020 as COVID-19 caused its first wave of deaths that disproportionately affected people of colour, according to a new report by the US Centers …

Healthy life expectancy for women in UK drops by almost FIVE MONTHS
4 years, 2 months ago

Healthy life expectancy for women in UK drops by almost FIVE MONTHS

Daily Mail  

Healthy life expectancy for women in the UK has fallen by almost five months in the space of just five years - but men have seen no significant change. However, healthy life expectancy at birth in the UK for men between 2017 and 2019 was 62.9 years which represents 'no significant change' on the period between 2014 and 2016. The …

U.S. life expectancy rises for the first time in 4 years — but just a little
5 years, 2 months ago

U.S. life expectancy rises for the first time in 4 years — but just a little

LA Times  

Joggers run through a cemetery in Johnstown, Pa. U.S. life expectancy improved in 2018 for the first time in four years, thanks to a sharp decline in the cancer death rate and a drop in fatal drug overdoses. 2 killer, blamed for about 600,000 deaths a year, so even slight changes in the cancer death rate can have a big …

Death rates climbing among young and middle-aged US adults
5 years, 8 months ago

Death rates climbing among young and middle-aged US adults

CNN  

CNN — Death rates appear to be rising among young and middle-age adults in the United States, according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics. The researchers found that death rates for Hispanic, white and black adults age 25 to 44 all generally declined from 2000 through 2012 but …

A third of pregnancy-related deaths in the US happen up to a YEAR after giving birth
5 years, 10 months ago

A third of pregnancy-related deaths in the US happen up to a YEAR after giving birth

Daily Mail  

Pregnant women in the US are dying up to a year after giving birth - mostly as a result of heart issues that could have been prevented, the CDC says. New data from the CDC, published today, reveal 700 women die a year from pregnancy complications - a third during gestation, a third during or immediately after delivery, and a …

Suicide, at 50-year peak, pushes down US life expectancy
6 years, 3 months ago

Suicide, at 50-year peak, pushes down US life expectancy

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Suicides and drug overdoses pushed up U.S. deaths last year, and drove a continuing decline in how long Americans are expected to live. But it’s deaths in younger age groups — particularly middle-aged people — that have had the largest impact on calculations of life expectancy, experts said. The suicide death rate last year was the highest …

American life expectancy DROPS: Suicides and drug overdoses soar
6 years, 4 months ago

American life expectancy DROPS: Suicides and drug overdoses soar

Daily Mail  

American life expectancy has dropped as more young lives are lost to suicides and overdoses, and progress to prevent heart disease deaths slows, new CDC figures reveal. LIFE EXPECTANCY: AMERICA REACHED A PEAK IN 2014 - BUT HAS BEEN TUMBLING EVER SINCE In 2014, Americans were expected to live to 78.9 years old - an all-time high. THE LINGERING TOLL …

Life expectancy gap grows among rich and poor in UK
6 years, 4 months ago

Life expectancy gap grows among rich and poor in UK

CNN  

CNN — A troubling gap in life expectancy among the rich and poor has emerged in the United Kingdom, and researchers say it also has been seen in the United States. The life expectancy gap between the most affluent and most deprived girls and women in the UK rose from a difference of 6.1 years in 2001 to 7.9 in …

Death rates up for 5 of the 12 leading causes - driving life expectancy down
6 years, 6 months ago

Death rates up for 5 of the 12 leading causes - driving life expectancy down

Daily Mail  

More people are dying from five of the leading causes of death and life expectancy itself is down in the US, a grim new report reveals. Collectively, these dismal death rates have driven life expectancy in the US down for the second year in a row, marking the first downward trend since 1992. All cause mortality is steady, but deaths …

Life expectancy in the U.S. drops for second year in a row
7 years, 1 month ago

Life expectancy in the U.S. drops for second year in a row

Daily Mail  

Life expectancy in the US has fallen for the second year in a row, new data from the World Bank reveal. 'This story is less about the size of the drop and more about the fact that life expectancy in the US is not increasing at the rate of other developed countries,' Dr Steven Woolf at Virginia Commonwealth University, co-author …

Life Expectancy Drops Again As Opioid Deaths Surge In U.S.
7 years, 3 months ago

Life Expectancy Drops Again As Opioid Deaths Surge In U.S.

NPR  

Life Expectancy Drops Again As Opioid Deaths Surge In U.S. Enlarge this image toggle caption John Moore/Getty Images John Moore/Getty Images Life expectancy in the U.S. fell for the second year in a row in 2016, nudged down again by a surge in fatal opioid overdoses, federal officials report Thursday. "It's just really dramatically increased," Anderson says, noting the latest …

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