Newsweek has created a map that highlights a sobering reality for parts of the United States: in dozens of U.S. counties, average life expectancy is now lower than that of North Korea. Life expectancy ...

New York tied for the fourth-highest life expectancy in the U.S. — 79 years — in the most recent federal data available. New York tied with its neighbor New Jersey for fourth place. Only Connecticut, ...

Life expectancy rates have been on the rise in the United States, with an increase of nearly seven years over the past half-century. (The average lifespan was 70.8 in 1970 and was documented as 77.5 ...

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A global panel of scientists and community leaders shows how biology, lifestyle, and culture can work together to help people live longer, healthier, and more purposeful lives. The illustration ...

This story and visualization are part of our new “Data In Your Life” series, in which we mine public databases to tell quick stories about the world around us. Life expectancy in Kansas declined in ...