During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, an increase in life expectancy was driven mainly ... This trend continued with the development of vaccines and then antibiotics.

The WHO defines healthy life expectancy (HALE) as the “average number of years that a person can expect to live in ‘full ...

Among the 38 member states that make up the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the U.S. ranked 30th for life expectancy. Life expectancy at birth declined sharply across the ...

Gains in life expectancy have slowed across Europe in recent years, notably in England, according to a study that underscores ...

Differences in life expectancy between Black and white Americans decreased in the decades leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic ...

The United States ranked 29 th in life expectancy at birth among peer nations in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development despite spending almost twice as much on clinical ...

Life expectancy is often used as a measure of economic development and social stability. It is often an indicator of the quality of available healthcare, access to proper nutrition, and the ...