'Live free and die?' The sad state of U.S. life expectancy - NPR
WEBMar 25, 2023 · Just before Christmas, federal health officials confirmed life expectancy in America had dropped for a nearly unprecedented second year in a row – down to 76 years. While countries all over the ...
Life expectancy in U.S. is falling amid surges in chronic illness ...
WEBOct 3, 2023 · While opioids and gun violence have rightly seized the public’s attention, stealing hundreds of thousands of lives, chronic diseases are the greatest threat, killing far more people between 35...
Mortality in the United States — Provisional Data, 2023
WEBAug 8, 2024 · In 2023, a provisional total of 3,090,582 deaths occurred in the United States. The age-adjusted death rate per 100,000 population was 884.2 among males and 632.8 among females; the overall rate, 750.4, was 6.1% lower than in 2022 (798.8). The overall rate decreased for all age groups.
US life expectancy rose in 2022 as deaths due to COVID ... - ABC News
WEBMar 20, 2024 · Life expectancy in the United States increased in 2022 after two years of decline, according to new final federal mortality data.
COVID-19 shatters decades of global health progress, slashing life ...
WEBApr 7, 2024 · In 2020-21, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) deaths and other pandemic-related mortality (OPRM) altered mortality patterns for the leading causes of age-standardized death.
Nearly 15 million deaths directly or indirectly linked to ... - UN News
WEBMay 5, 2022 · Approximately 14.9 million deaths globally were directly or indirectly associated with the COVID-19 pandemic by the end 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday in new...
Covid-19’s full death toll is nearly three times higher than ... - CNN
WEBMay 5, 2022 · About 14.9 million people around the world died as a direct or indirect result of Covid-19 in the period between January 1, 2020, and December 31, 2021, according to new estimates from the...
U.S. life expectancy starts to recover after sharp pandemic decline - NPR
WEBNov 29, 2023 · The average life expectancy in the U.S. is now 77.5 years old, according to provisional 2022 data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That represents an increase of...
CheekAge: Next-gen epigenetic clock accurately predicts mortality …
WEB6 days ago · By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD Reviewed by Benedette Cuffari, M.Sc. Oct 6 2024. Using the next-generation CheekAge clock, scientists can now accurately predict mortality by analyzing cheek cells, offering ...
COVID-19 drops to 10th leading cause of death as U.S. mortality …
WEBAug 11, 2024 · Provisional 2023 U.S. mortality data show COVID-19 as the 10th leading cause of death, with the highest overall mortality rates among non-Hispanic Black individuals.