All life expectancy

A man in a suit jacket and blue collared shirt sits at a table next to a brown wooden hourglass in front of a bookcase.

October 7, 2024

Despite medical advances, life expectancy gains are slowing

Are we nearing the limit of how long we can live?

aging faces

April 7, 2015

Retirement age out of date, but raising it could harm less educated

Groups with lower life expectancies would suffer, UIC epidemiologist says

Jay Olshansky

October 7, 2013

Research to delay aging better investment than cancer, heart disease

Scientists suggest more benefit than studying cancer, heart disease

Jay Olshansky

August 8, 2012

More education equals longer life

Despite advances in health care and increases in life expectancy overall, Americans with less than a high school education have life expectancies similar to adults in the 1950s and 1960s, a new report finds.

August 6, 2012

More Education, Socioeconomic Benefits Equals Longer Life

Despite advances in health care and increases in life expectancy overall, Americans with less than a high school education have life expectancies similar to adults in the 1950s and 1960s.