Mississippi has one of the nation's lowest life expectancies. Learn why residents die years earlier than the US average. Which county has best lifespan?

What’s Changed About Life Expectancy—and Why It Matters People are living longer nowadays. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the average life expectancy was 75.8 years ...

Humans are living 20 years longer than they were in 1950, according to new research with all 204 countries and territories studied reporting declines in their mortality rates since then. But vast ...

Older people who earn less than $20,000 a year die nine years sooner on average than those who earn $120,000 or more. That's the conclusion of a new analysis that shows a strong connection between ...

New health data released last week showed that life expectancy rates for American Indian and Alaska Natives increased by 4.5 years, the largest increase among racial and ethnic groups,according to a ...

Average life expectancy went down slightly compared to the previous study released in 2017.