As life expectancy in the U.S. climbs, the Social Security program adapts by adjusting payment structures. This dynamic ...

The United States has lower life expectancy than most similarly wealthy nations. Chronic disease is part of the cause, but so ...

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.

A century-long study led by Yale School of Public Health researchers reveals vast disparities in life expectancy across U.S.

THE world experiences improvements in safe and clean drinking water, as well as in sanitation and hygiene for healthy life ...

LOS ANGELES — Official U.S. records dramatically underestimate mortality and life expectancy disparities for Native Americans ...

For men in Alabama, life expectancy went from 62.1 in 1900 to 72.6 in 2000, an improvement of more than 10 years. Over that same time, men in the U.S. went from 62.8 to 80.3 in 2000. Stories by ...