An American born in 2024 can expect to live to be 79, on average. But people in other wealthy countries can expect to live longer.
Researchers attribute the rise in U.S. life expectancy, which reached 79 years in 2024, to the end of the pandemic and a drop in deaths from heart disease, cancer and drug overdoses.
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