life expectancy

Between 2007 and 2022, there’s been a 32% increase in the number of working-age Ohioans who have died, according to an analysis by the Health Policy Institute of Ohio.

The group that suffered the largest drop in life expectancy was Black males — a decline of three years. Hispanic males also saw a large decrease, with a decline of 2.4 years.

Columbus City Council last week passed a resolution declaring racism a public health crisis. Cuyahoga County and Summit County leaders have considered…

The turnaround is welcome news after rising drug overdose and suicide rates had pushed life expectancy down since 2014. Could America be turning the tide on opioid addiction?

The flu has been a huge concern this season with the vaccine being projected at only 30 percent effective against H3N2. However, this flu season pales in…

The opioid epidemic caused U.S. life expectancy to fall for the second year in a row, marking the first time that has happened since the early 1960s. Death rates also continued to rise.

Overall, U.S. life expectancy dipped in 2015 — the first drop since 1993. That's because the death rate went up between 2014 and 2015, driven by an increase in mortality among people younger than 65.

A new study on life expectancy points to race, poverty and lack of health care as factors that contribute to the premature death of some county…