This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Life expectancy in the United States has ...

Newsweek has created a map that highlights a sobering reality for parts of the United States: in dozens of U.S. counties, average life expectancy is now lower than that of North Korea. Life expectancy ...

Back in 1900, the average global life expectancy was just 32 years. Today, it's more than doubled to just over 73 years (with an average six-year increase in life expectancy around the world recorded ...