Those who receive the highest scores are on track to live a long and healthy life, the survey creators said. Studies have suggested that following a poor diet high in processed foods and sugars, yet low in fruits and vegetables, can shorten someone's life expectancy. Life expectancy for men has dropped more than for women between 2021 and 2020 — male life expectancy by 0.7 years and females by 0.6A total of 3,464,231 deaths were registered in the US in 2021. US life expectancy has crashed to its lowest level since 1996, official data has revealed. It is the second consecutive year that life expectancy has fallen, after tumbling from 78.8 years in 2019 and 77.0 years in 2020.

Source: Daily Mail June 18, 2023 13:36 UTC