The life expectancy for Americans increased to 79 years in 2024 from 78.4 in 2023, according to a January data brief published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The report ...

U.S. residents are now living to the ripe old age of 79 on average, federal officials say — the highest point ever recorded. The CDC announced on Thursday that American expectancy set records in 2024, ...

NEW YORK — Life expectancy in the United States is up for the first time in four years. The increase is small — just a month — but marks at least a temporary halt to a downward trend. The rise is due ...

Objectives We use new data and robust methods to estimate mortality levels and trends for US states and Washington DC and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Andrey Sayfutdinov/iStock/Getty Images Plus) A worrying health pattern for some of the Gen X ...

San Diego County residents are living slightly longer, according to new data from the County’s Community Health Statistics Unit. The latest report shows the region’s life expectancy reached 81.5 years ...