A personal and entertaining exploration of how to be more productive at work and in every facet of our lives. No spam—ever. Time Our life span is really only Takeaway: The average life expectancy in the US is Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes, 0s. Written by Chris Bailey Chris Bailey has written hundreds of articles on the subject of productivity, and is the author of two books: Hyperfocus , and The Productivity Project.
Email Address First Name Submit. On average, black Americans have a shorter life expectancy than white Americans, and Hispanic people living in the United States have the longest life span of all three groups. About 76 out Hispanic Americans will live until at least 75 years of age, compared with about 70 white Americans and approximately 60 black Americans.
It could be due to culture and diet, and there may be significant environmental factors that contribute. As a group, a higher percentage of black Americans have heart disease than white Americans, according to the American Heart Association. Although the gap in life expectancy between the black and white population has begun to close — it decreased by 2. Stress, more limited access to health care, and cultural factors all play a role, says Anderson.
Hispanic Americans may have the longest life span because they are less likely to die from a number of health conditions, including cancer, heart disease, chronic lower respiratory diseases, stroke, diabetes, and suicide , according to the CDC.
The long-term increase in life expectancy over the past century is largely due to two factors. Since , gains in longevity are mostly due to advances in the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases, mainly heart disease and stroke. Cardiovascular disease and cancer are the two leading causes of death in the United States, accounting for about 40 percent of total deaths. When the days run out, you die. Game over. To find out how much time you have left if you are an average man or woman, take your age and multiply it by Then, subtract it from 27, days.
If you are 50 and average, you have 9, days left to live. If you are 65, you have 3, days left to live. An interesting question is "At what age might we have subjectively experienced half a lifetime? Carpe Diem! Our life expectancy, how long we might expect to live, depends on many factors, such as when and where in we were born and the genetic hand we were dealt.
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