The latest findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) 2021, published today in The Lancet, forecast that global life expectancy will increase by 4.9 years in males and 4.2 years in ...

Life expectancy declined in the US and around the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as an increase in accidental deaths. Business Insider Subscribe Newsletters ...

Global average life expectancy is forecast to increase to around 78.1 years of age in 2050, a rise of 4.5 years, ... Map ...

In their study, published in the peer-reviewed journal BMJ Open earlier this month, Ho and colleagues compared life expectancy data from the Human Mortality Database (HMD) and World Health ...

Life expectancy around the world is expected to increase by nearly 5 years in men and more than 4 years in women during the next three decades, researchers predict. Top News U.S. News ...

Between 1950 and 2021, global life expectancy at birth increased by 22.7 years (from 49 to 71.7 years) overall, but that number was impacted by a 1.6-year drop worldwide between 2019 and 2021—a ...

Life expectancy in North Korea—a country often cited for its economic hardship and limited healthcare access—stood at 72.6 years in 2021, according to the World Health Organization.

But the U.S. is not keeping pace with peer nations. The U.S.’s global ranking in life expectancy is expected to drop from 49 th in 2022 to 66 th in 2050, said an analysis published in The Lancet ...