Annual U.S. Life Expectancy Results

[Eos]

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Americans living longer than ever before as life expectancy reaches record high of 78.2
Infant mortality and death rates drop to a record low
Deaths from heart disease, stroke and diabetes fall
Life expectancy for black Americans remains unchanged

The U.S. could see more claims to the title of world's oldest person in the years to come, after life expectancy reached an all-time high of 78.2

See full article for more details & graphs and junk.

[kanevaldier]

One step closer to immotality.

[Kalovale]

This significantly reduces the size of the portion of life I've covered. Now I feel young again.

[Locked]

Record-breaker: But Americans still have some way to go before they rival 114-year-old Besse Cooper from Georgia, the world's oldest person

What? Wouldn't it be better to say "World's oldest living person"?

Ah well, nice to see life expectancy is increasing. I'm sure it'll continue to increase too.

[Netto]

What? Wouldn't it be better to say "World's oldest living person"?

Ah well, nice to see life expectancy is increasing. I'm sure it'll continue to increase too.

That's according to Guiness. The oldest living one (in my books) would be Rebecca Lanier.