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Life expectancy in US dropped by nearly two years in 2020, says CDC

Life expectancy dropped in 2020 by nearly two years across the US, mostly due to Covid-19 and drug overdoses, according to new data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

China's life expectancy goes up to 77.93 yrs amid falling birth rates

Life expectancy in China has increased by over 0.6 of a year to 77.93 years even as the world's second-largest economy grappled with a demographic crisis due to declining birth rates

Will age be just a number?

Scientists are of the view that if all age-related diseases vanish, the average human life expectancy shall jump to 89 years; still, there will be no escape from death

Needed: A PM's council for human development

Leave no one behind with sustainable growth and well-being

The longevity puzzle

Life expectancy remains sub-par despite massive govt schemes

Statsguru: New insights into the way Indians live found in NFHS edition

Nearly half of households own a two-wheeler compared to less than 10 per cent that own a car

Average life expectancy in China to reach 78.3 years in 2025

China's average life expectancy is expected to reach 78.3 years in 2025, up from 77.3 years in 2019, according to the country's 14th five-year plan (2021-2025) for public service

Life expectancy in India dropped by two years due to Covid-19: Study

The coronavirus pandemic, which has affected the lives of people at different levels, has also caused a drop in the life expectancy of the country by almost two years

Covid-19 pandemic cut life expectancy by most since World War II

The impact of Covid-19 on lifespans may be greater in less developed countries that wer­en't included in the research

Covid cuts American men's life expectancy by 2 years; worst in 29 nations

Deaths among working-age men contributed the most to declining lifespans in the US, according to research led by demographers at the UK's University of Oxford

Covid caused biggest decrease in life expectancy since World War II: Study

The study found that 27 of the 29 countries saw reductions in life expectancy in 2020, and at a scale which wiped out years of progress on mortality.

Life insurers are at the cross-roads

As government pension and retirement schemes become less sustainable, ensuring financial security for the older population will become the central focus for life insurers in India

Covid-19 pandemic: Life expectancy for UK males falls after 40 years

Males born between 2018 and 2020 are expected to live 79 years, according to a report from the Office for National Statistics

Pollution likely to cut 9 years of life expectancy of 40% of Indians

More than 480 million people living in the vast swathes of central, eastern and northern India, including the capital, New Delhi, endure significantly high pollution levels, a report said

US life expectancy in 2020 drops by 1.5 years due to Covid-19 pandemic

The first year of the pandemic delivered a bigger blow to American life expectancy than any year of Vietnam War, AIDS crisis or "deaths of despair" that nudged down life expectancies in mid-2010s

To retire rich, don't leave too much to your kids

The retirement plan of Indians, like struggling middle-class people everywhere, now leans on spending on the education of their teenagers

India gained more than a decade of life expectancy since 1990: Lancet

The study, published in the Lancet journal, noted that life expectancy in India has risen from 59.6 years in 1990 to 70.8 years in 2019, ranging from 77.3 years in Kerala to 66.9 years in UP

Covid-19 may lead to decline in life expectancy globally, study finds

The Covid-19 pandemic could cause a short-term decline in life expectancy in the severely affected areas of the world, unless the spread of the disease is contained, according to a study

Air pollution shortened average Indian life expectancy by 5.2 yrs: Report

Lucknow was seen to have the highest level of pollution in the country, with pollution 11 times greater than the WHO guideline.

Middle age conundrum: The wisdom and the agony of advancing years

That is what age is. The body doesn't know how to heal itself because you weren't supposed to be here in the first place