The life expectancy for non-Hispanic white women has decreased slightly according to a new report from the National Center for Health Statistics at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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(CNN) — Life expectancy fell across the majority of high-income countries, signaling a collective and simultaneous decline among affluent nations for the first time in decades, a new study finds.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (The Hill) — Overall life expectancy in the ...

Women in Japan currently have the longest average lifespan at 86.8 years, while men in Switzerland can anticipate 81.3 years. The total US population's life expectancy in 2015 was 78.8 years, a ...

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Life expectancy is declining in high-income counties across the world because of the opioid epidemic and a worsening flu season, according to studies published in BMJ, MDLinx reports. 1. One study ...

The “health life expectancy,” which indicates the age at which individuals can maintain a healthy state without major illnesses, has fallen below 70 years for the first time in 8 years. While many ...