life expectancy

Produce section in Seed to Table grocery store in Naples on April 7, 2022. The accessibility and affordability of fruits and vegetables impact the health of communities and highlights health inequities because of social determinants.

Two communities, one county: How social determinants impact food security

Katiuska Carrillo

Social determinants of health are a major reason why people born in one part of Collier County are expected to live 15 years longer than those in other parts of the county, according to federal data.

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U.S. Life Expectancy Fell By 1.5 Years In 2020, Biggest Drop Since WWII

Jane Greenhalgh

The CDC says COVID-19 was the largest factor, along with drug overdoses, homicides, diabetes and chronic liver disease. The decline was even greater for Hispanic men.

A drop in life expectancy in the U.S. stems from the coronavirus pandemic. A new study says Black and Hispanic people have been especially hard hit.

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Pandemic Leads To Biggest Drop In U.S. Life Expectancy Since WWII, Study Finds

Allison Aubrey

Life expectancy fell by nearly two years between 2018 and 2020, largely due to COVID-19. Declines were most pronounced among minority groups, including Black and Hispanic people.

Death rates in the U.S. declined and life expectancy showed a slight uptick in 2018, while drug overdose deaths declined for the first time since the 1990s.

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Life Expectancy Rose Slightly In 2018, As Drug Overdose Deaths Fell

Rhitu Chatterjee

The turnaround is welcome news after rising drug overdose and suicide rates had pushed life expectancy down since 2014. Could America be turning the tide on opioid addiction?

Syringes of fentanyl, an opioid painkiller, sit in an inpatient facility in Salt Lake City. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, opioid-related overdoses have contributed to the life expectancy drop in the U.S.

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U.S. Life Expectancy Drops Amid 'Disturbing' Rise In Overdoses And Suicides

Colin Dwyer

"These sobering statistics are a wakeup call that we are losing too many Americans, too early and too often, to conditions that are preventable," says CDC Director Robert Redfield.

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Life Expectancy Study Provides Insight Into What's Killing Floridians

Julio Ochoa

A national study released Tuesday provides a state-by-state look at life expectancy and the factors that are killing Floridians, and as one might expect,…

Life expectancy in the U.S. has fallen for the second straight year, in part because of the surge of overdoses on opioids, such as oxycodone.

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Life Expectancy Drops Again As Opioid Deaths Surge In U.S.

Rob Stein

The opioid epidemic caused U.S. life expectancy to fall for the second year in a row, marking the first time that has happened since the early 1960s. Death rates also continued to rise.

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Life Expectancy In U.S. Drops For First Time In Decades, Report Finds

Rob Stein

Overall, U.S. life expectancy dipped in 2015 — the first drop since 1993. That's because the death rate went up between 2014 and 2015, driven by an increase in mortality among people younger than 65.

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See How Global Health Has Changed Since You Were Born

Malaka Gharib

Global Health Check lets you enter your birth year for a look at disease milestones, life spans, mortality rates and more.

Demographers can use average life expectancy of a population as a clue to underlying changes in health and culture.

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Life Expectancy Drops For White Women, Increases For Black Men

Alison Kodjak

Suicide, drug abuse and alcohol have started to shorten the lives of white women, a U.S. report on data from 2013 to 2014 suggests. Life-expectancy for many black men went up from 71.8 years to 72.2.