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The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the gap in life expectancy between the US and peer nations, with the US experiencing larger absolute life-year losses.
The CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics produced state-level life tables for 2020 and an interactive map of life expectancy by state and sex, and those sources are the authoritative place to e...
Male life expectancy in the United States has rebounded from pandemic-era lows but remains uneven across states: national male life expectancy hovered around 75.8 years in the most recent CDC reportin...
Across 2019–2022 the pandemic produced the steepest single‑year declines in male life expectancy in U.S. history and a partial rebound in 2022, but the public reporting available in these sources does...
Across the female lifespan in the United States, the dominant causes of death shift sharply: injuries (including unintentional poisoning/overdose), homicide and certain infections predominate at young...