Life expectancy in the US increased between 2000-2019, but widespread gaps among racial and ethnic groups persist
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16 June 2022Life expectancy in the US increased between 2000-2019, but widespread gaps among racial and ethnic groups persist
From 2000-2019 overall life expectancy in the United States increased by 2.3 years, but the increase was not consistent among racial and ethnic groups and by geographic area. In addition, most of these gains were prior to 2010. This is according to a new study that examined trends in life expectancy at the county level. The study was led by researchers at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington’s School of Medicine, Seattle, in collaboration with researchers from NIH and published on June 16th in The Lancet.
