Medical Economics May 16, 2024
Expert panel discusses advances, declines, and possible future of life longevity in the United States.
The United States has witnessed an astounding extension of life expectancy in the last century.
Now, as Americans live longer, the challenge is to have lives that are not just longer, but healthier.
Three experts convened for “Tackling America’s life-expectancy crisis,” a panel discussion held at the Financial Times US Pharma and Biotech Summit, held May 16 in New York.
A century ago, the average American life expectancy at birth was 47 years, or 36 for African Americans, said Linda P. Fried, MD, MPH, dean of the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Now it is in the mid- to upper 70s, she said.
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