The life expectancy for Connecticut women is six years longer than it was 50 years ago, and Connecticut men are living seven years longer, according to data released recently. The average life expectancy for Connecticut residents in 2020 was 82 for women ...

The U.S. has the shortest life expectancy among English-speaking countries, while Australia ranks highest, according to a study published in the BMJ Journal. American men and women live about five and four years less, respectively, than their Australian ...

Indiana ranks among the bottom half of the country for healthy living, according to a new report that highlights challenges in life expectancy and

This story and visualization are part of our new “Data In Your Life” series, in which we mine public databases to tell quick stories about the world around us. Life expectancy in Kansas declined in 2021, according to new data from the Centers for ...

Figures for national life expectancy by country tend to be within bandwidths. At the moment, the US is relegated to the lower end by comparison with the rest of the world, one rank above Cuba. That is apparently supposed to be an improvement. Inevitably ...

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 less than the average American, a gap that signals deep ...