For most of human history, life unfolded quickly and ended abruptly. In the early 19th century, global life expectancy hovered around 30 years, shaped by war, famine, and the relentless churn of ...

For 2024, life expectancy at birth in the U.S. was 79 years, an increase from 78.4 in 2023, according to data released in ...

After more than a century of steady progress, new research warns that the world’s life expectancy boom is slowing, largely because improvements in early-life mortality have already been achieved.

Since the early 20th century, sustained declines in mortality have driven steady increases in life expectancy, particularly in high-income countries. Several studies have reported that this ...

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Why life expectancy is at the heart of the idea of progress. Dear reader, In the five years I’ve spent exploring the world’s challenges through the lens of progress, there’s one figure I have always ...