The dramatic progress in life expectancy observed during the 20th century in wealthy countries may well belong to the past. A recent study reveals that the pace of longevity gains has ...

Here's the takeaway: gains in life expectancy are already slowing down significantly, and that's going to continue for the ...

For much of the 20th century, the average lifespan in developed countries increased steadily, adding about three years each decade. By the early 2000s, people born in places like Japan, Sweden, and ...

Experts say that the steady rise in life expectancy is slowing down because we’ve run out of ways to improve our mortality.

The rise in human life expectancy has slowed down across Europe since 2011, according to new research. A new study reveals that the food we eat, physical inactivity and obesity are largely to blame, ...

The study, published in the journal PNAS, analysed life expectancy trends for 23 nations with high incomes and low death rates using data from the Human Mortality Database and six different mortality ...

In fact, not only have UK life expectancies dipped since the pandemic, but a recent paper has led José Andrade from the Max ...

A new study shows life expectancy gains are slowing, making it unlikely that millennials or Gen Z will reach 100 on average-challenging assumptions about longevity.

US life expectancy was 78.4 years in 2023 — a bump from 75.4 years in 1990 and a slight dip from 78.8 years in 2019.

A new study co-authored by a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor finds that life expectancy gains made by high-income countries in the first half of the 20th century have slowed significantly, ...

Another way to look at this is via “survival curves,” which show the percent of people born in a certain year who survive to ...