A new study shows the disparities — largely along lines of race, class and geography — have nearly doubled since 2000.

To deliver on pledges from the Trump administration to make America healthy again, policymakers will need to close gaps in longevity among racial and ethnic groups.

Life expectancy gaps in the United States have widened dramatically over the past two decades, with disparities across racial ...

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Female healthy life expectancy at birth in the most deprived areas was 19.3 years fewer than in the least deprived areas in 2018 to 2020; for males it was 18.6 years fewer but there were no ...

healthy lives New research from the United Kingdom has revealed that life expectancy can decrease by an estimated 22 minutes for women and 17 minutes for men due to a single cigarette. In 2000 ...

To put that into perspective, a pack of 20 cigarettes can shorten a person’s life expectancy by seven hours. “With smoking, it doesn’t eat into the later period of your life that tends to be ...

“Most smokers realize that smoking could shorten their life but not the impact of each cigarette they smoke,” the research read. “Smoking primarily eats into the relatively healthy middle years rather ...

Type 1 diabetes can take years off your life. Reduced life expectancy is one of the condition ... heart disease about one decade earlier. The development of kidney problems is a direct ...

Share on Pinterest Adopting simple habits can help increase your life span by years and improve the overall quality of your health as you age. Johner Images/Getty Images Human longevity is ...

Here's a new perspective to motivate yourself (or someone else) to give up smoking: every cigarette smoked can take 20 minutes off your life expectancy, according to experts. Quit for a week, and your ...