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  2. The U.S. has the widest health span-lifespan gap - AOL

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    The average life expectancy in the U.S. is 77.5 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But Americans outlive their health spans by 12.4 years, the study found.

  3. Life expectancy isn't rising as much, the health consequences ...

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    Though the number of centenarians, or people age 100 or older, will likely grow in the decades ahead, experts say that's just because of population growth; the percentage of people living to 100 ...

  4. Life expectancy in the US is forecast to grow slightly, but ...

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    Life expectancy in the U.S. is projected to increase from 78.3 years in 2022 to 79.9 years in 2035 and to 80.4 years in 2050 for all sexes combined, researchers said.

  5. Race and health in the United States - Wikipedia

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    African American life expectancy at birth is persistently five to seven years lower than European Americans. [17] By 2018 that difference had shrunk to 3.6 years. [18] As of 2020, Hispanics had a life expectancy at birth of 78.8 years, followed by non-Hispanic Whites at 77.6 years and non-Hispanic blacks at 71.8 Years. [19]

  6. Lifestyle disease - Wikipedia

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    Lifestyle diseases can be defined as the diseases linked to the manner in which a person lives their life. These diseases are non-communicable, and can be caused by lack of physical activity, unhealthy eating, alcohol, substance use disorders and smoking tobacco, which can lead to heart disease, stroke, obesity, type II diabetes and lung cancer.

  7. Life expectancy - Wikipedia

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    Life expectancy is one of the factors in measuring the Human Development Index (HDI) of each nation along with adult literacy, education, and standard of living. [160] Life expectancy is used in describing the physical quality of life of an area. It is also used for an individual when the value of a life settlement is determined a life ...

  8. Disease of despair - Wikipedia

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    By 2014, the increasing number of deaths of despair had resulted in a drop in overall life expectancy. [9] Anne Case and Angus Deaton propose that the increase in mid-life mortality is the result of cumulative disadvantages that have occurred over decades, and that solving it will require patience and perseverance for many years, rather than a ...

  9. List of countries by life expectancy - Wikipedia

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    This is especially true for Healthy life expectancy, the definition of which criteria may change over time, even within a country. For example, Canada is a country with a fairly high overall life expectancy at 81.63 years; however, this number decreases to 75.5 years for Indigenous people in the country. [4]