In 1800, the average life expectancy in India was 25.4 years; today, it is 70.82 years. Longer life is a global trend, due to substantially better medical intervention and diagnostics.

For women, the study found that life expectancy changed very little for those born in 1900 and those born in 2000 in five states: West Virginia, up from 74.3 to 75.3; Oklahoma, which saw a ...

Overall, women's life expectancy by birth cohort grew from 73.8 to 84.1 years, while men's rose from 62.8 to 80.3 years. The study also found that longevity for men typically plateaued around 1950.

In 2000, life expectancy ranged from an average of 70.5 years for Americans at the lowest end to 83.1 years for those in the highest group — a difference of 12.6 years.

In North Dakota, for example, male life expectancy jumped 10 years from 66.4 in 1900 to 76.5 in 1950, but only one year, 77.8, from 1950 to 2000. Data reflects the state in which a person died ...

This story was originally published by KFF Health News. The life expectancy among Native Americans in the western United States has dropped below 64 years, close to life expectancies in the ...