December 11, 2024, 4:00 PM UTC
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Even as Americans live longer, they spend more of their years in poor health than any other country, a new study shows.
People in the US live with illness for 12.4 years on average – up from 10.9 years in 2000, according to a study published by the American Medical Association Wednesday.
The US offers the starkest illustration of a so-called healthspan-lifespan gap that is widening around the world, as chronic illnesses take up larger portions of people’s lives. While life expectancy has long been a standard measure of public health, researchers are increasingly focused on health-adjusted life expectancy, which ...
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