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While 65-year-old black men had a lower total life expectancy (11.4 years) and active life expectancy (10 years) than white men (total life expectancy, 12.6 years; active life expectancy, 11.2 years), those differences were reduced when controlling for education.
The life expectancy in some states has fallen in recent years; for example, Maine's life expectancy in 2010 was 79.1 years, and in 2018 it was 78.7 years. The Washington Post noted in November 2018 that overall life expectancy in the United States was declining although in 2018 life expectancy had a slight increase of 0.1 and bringing it to ...
Black Americans have generally shorter life expectancies than their White ... white Americans in 2010 are expected to live until age 78.9, but black Americans only ...
While Black life expectancy rose by 1.5 years in 2022, that lagged behind Hispanic Americans, American Indians, and Alaska Natives, who saw life expectancy rise more than two years in 2022. (Adobe ...
The life expectancy of Black Americans continue to lag that of white Americans, with disparities seen across states. Experts say structural racism must be addressed to close the gap.
'What I didn’t anticipate was how badly the U.S. would handle the pandemic,' said the study's lead author
Life expectancy has also varied by racial and ethnic group, with Non-Hispanic Asians having the highest life expectancy and Non-Hispanic American Indians having the lowest. [126] In 2021, life expectancy at birth in the United States fell for the second year in a row, the first two-year drop since 1961–1963. [127]
Life expectancy: 79.6 years Massachusetts has the second-longest life expectancy in the country. Only 2.6% of the population is estimated to lack healthcare coverage, and in 2022, the American ...