The article reveals that the life expectancy gap between men and women in the U.S. widened to approximately 6 years in 2021, primarily driven by COVID-19 and unintentional injuries, despite an increase in maternal mortality rates among women.Harris, Emily...
2024;5(5):e240816. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.0816 Key Points Question How does life expectancy compare for 18-year-old youth who acquired HIV perinatally (PHIV), youth who acquired HIV nonperinatally (NPHIV), and youth without HIV in the US? Findings In an adolescent-specific microsi...
Life expectancies varied greatly across the nation and even between neighboring counties in some cases, the researchers said. Women's life expectancies ranged from 86 in Collier County, Fla., to 74 in several counties in Mississippi. For men, the numbers ranged from 81 in Fairfax County, Va....
The life expectancy at birth in the first half of 2020 was 77.8 years, down by one year from 78.8 in 2019, according to the report. For men, whose life expectancy was 75.1 years, that number is closer to 1.2 years less on Earth, while for women, who are expected to live until 80.5...
Lower Life Expectancy Economic inequality reduces the overall life expectancy in a country. Low-income families may not have access to enough healthy food. They’re also more likely to suffer from stress. Finally, because they don’t have the same access to healthcare, their life expectancy is...
Demographics Population in Africa 2024, by selected country Demographics Life expectancy in Africa 2023 Demographics Largest cities in Africa 2024, by number of inhabitants State of Health Distribution of the leading causes of death in Africa in 2021Access...
32,33 Women may thus have greater needs for caregiving and functional support resources, particularly given women’s longer life expectancy compared with men. Women may also have greater need for serial cognitive assessment to allow for earlier detection of cognitive decline. Back to top Article ...
We examined whether the co-occurrence of four behavioural risk factors (alcohol consumption, smoking, physical inactivity and obesity) is associated with disability-free and chronic disease-free life expectancy similarly in two longitudinal studies of ag
Article Open access 11 June 2024 Systemic immune-inflammation index mediates the association between abdominal obesity and serum klotho levels Article Open access 04 February 2025 Introduction Obesity represents a significant public health challenge globally, contributing to reduced life expectancy, heighten...
Women can still expect to live more than five years longer than men — the life expectancy at birth for females in 2023 was 81.1 years, compared with 75.8 years for males — but the gap has been closing. And death rates decreased for all racial and ethnic groups that were analyzed for 2...