Latest Life expectancy Stories

The Great Depression had a silver lining: During that hard time, U.S. life expectancy actually increased by 6.2 years, according to a University of Michigan study published in the current issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.Life expectancy rose from 57.1 in 1929 to 63.3 years in 1932, according to the analysis by U-M researchers José A. Tapia Granados and Ana Diez Roux. The increase occurred for both men and women, and for whites and non-whites."The finding is...

Research: Comparisons between geographies of mortality and deprivation from the 1900s and 2001: Spatial analysis of census and mortality statisticsThe link between deprivation and premature death is as strong today as it was in the early 1900s according to research published on bmj.com September 10.The study, the first of its kind to directly compare modern deprivation and mortality with conditions a century ago in the whole of England and Wales, has been undertaken by Ian Gregory, Senior...

U.S. life expectancy has risen to a record high of nearly 78 years, while the age-adjusted death rate fell to 760.3 deaths per 100,000, according to a new report issued Wednesday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).Record high life expectancy was recorded for both males and females, at 75.3 years and 80.4 years, respectively. At the same time, mortality rate fell for the eighth straight year to an all-time low of 760.3 deaths per 100,000 population in 2007 -- 2.1...

U.S. life expectancy reached nearly 78 years -- 77.9 -- in 2007, up from 77.7 in 2006, officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. The report by CDC's National Center for Health Statistics is based on data from nearly 90 percent of U.S. death certificates. U.S. life expectancy increased 1.4 years from 76.5 years in 1997 to 77.9 in 2007. The gap between male and female life expectancy has narrowed -- life expectancy recorded for U.S. males was 75.3 years and 80.4 years...

A British study finds those who live in southern England have significantly longer life expectancies than those in the north and Wales. Life expectancy at birth on average is the highest it has ever been, at 77.2 years for boys and 81.5 years for girls, The Times of London reports. But the Office of National Statistics says there are marked regional and class differences. East Dorset in South West England has the highest life expectancy, with men having a 77 percent chance and women an 85.9...

New research shows that very light wine consumption over the long term appears to lead to a longer life. As part of the Zutphen Study, a group of randomly selected Danish men were repeatedly monitored between 1960 and 2000, and long-term light wine consumption was associated with an increase in life expectancy of nearly 5 years. Dr. Martinette T. Streppel from Wageningen University, the Netherlands, and colleagues report in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health that the benefit...

Long-term wine consumption is related to cardiovascular mortality and life expectancy independently of moderate alcohol intakeDrinking up to half a glass of wine a day may boost life expectancy by five years"”at least in men"”suggests research published ahead of print in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.The Dutch authors base their findings on a total of 1,373 randomly selected men whose cardiovascular health and life expectancy at age 50 were repeatedly monitored between...

Northwestern Mutual's Lifespan Calculator Triggers Long-term Thinking To view this news release online, visit: http://northwesternmutual.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=135 MILWAUKEE, March 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Ever wondered how long you'll live? The reality is it may be longer than you think. The answer to your question can be found by going to Northwestern Mutual's new Lifespan Calculator at http://www.lifespancalc.com. This calculator highlights the importance of simple...

A federal study found Americans are living an average of five months longer thanks to cleaner air over the past two decades, according to a recent Associated Press report.Researchers believe the findings are the first to show that cutting air pollution translates into longer lives.Americans' average life span increased almost three years to 77, between the time frame of 1978 and 2001. Researchers from Brigham Young University and Harvard School of Public Health reported in Thursday's New...

U.S. presidents age two years for every one year they are in office, aging specialist Michael Roizen says. The stress of the Oval Office translates into gray hair, wrinkles and weight fluctuation, said Roizen, a doctor who has examined medical information on presidents dating back to Theodore Roosevelt. It doesn't matter if they're Democrats or Republicans, it doesn't matter if they've been athletes or not beforehand, it doesn't matter if they were smokers or not, said Roizen, chief wellness...