Several countries have many centenarians living in them now, with the likelihood of more appearing each and every year. But ...

Figures from the Office for National Statistics show healthy life expectancy vastly differed across the nation, with women ...

In 2020, there were just three states where older adults outnumbered children—Maine, Vermont and Florida—but in 2024, this ...

Study objective Investing in health to improve healthy life expectancy (HLE) is fundamental to create a demographic dividend. However, how dramatic population ageing affects HLE remains unknown. This ...

Dwyer-Lindgren and colleagues 1 report that Asian Americans (America 1) have the highest life expectancy, income, and educational attainment compared with the other nine Americas. However, Asian ...

We thank our colleagues for their correspondence regarding our Article.1 Yuan and colleagues and Wu and Dee convincingly argue for the importance of disaggregating the US Asian population in health ...

Japan boasts a population whose life expectancy is among the highest on the planet: with an average lifespan of 84 years, per data collected by the World Bank in 2023, the Asian giant ranks third ...

Life expectancy in urban areas is considerably higher at 73.3 years — 71.9 for male and 75.1 for female — compared to 69.2 years in rural areas — 66.9 for male and 71.8 for female.

A new study found that the gap in life expectancy between American Indians and Alaska Natives and the national average was 2.9 times greater than official U.S. statistics.

A new study found that the gap in life expectancy between American Indians and Alaska Natives and the national average was 2.9 times greater than official U.S. statistics.

From 2008 to 2010, the gap was 4.1 years, whereas between 2017 and 2019, the life expectancy gap grew to eight years.