![]() compare to other countries?ĭo Americans know how U.S. How does life expectancy and health care in the U.S. In our survey, only 14% of people answered this question correctly by stating that foreign-born Americans live longer than native-born ones, while 30% said there is no difference in life expectancy between foreign- and native-born Americans one in four (25%) incorrectly thought that native-born Americans live longer. live longer, on average, than native-born Americans. One fact that would surprise many Americans is that immigrants in the U.S. When asked which race has a longer life expectancy, 60% of Americans accurately say white Americans, while 20% say there is no difference only 5% incorrectly say Black Americans live longer, on average. ![]() The CDC estimates that white Americans are expected to live to age 76, five years longer on average than Black Americans, who have a life expectancy of 71. Two-thirds of Americans (67%) are aware that women tend to live longer than men, while 15% say there is no difference between the sexes only 6% say men live longer. today, a newborn girl is expected to live an average of 79 years, six years longer than newborn boys, who are expected to live to 73. How does life expectancy vary across demographic groups? When asked to choose which one of the three causes they think are the leading causes of death is the top cause of death, 42% correctly say heart disease, while 17% say cancer and 19% say COVID-19. ![]() Around half as many (36%) accurately include COVID-19, which is estimated to be the third leading cause of death in the U.S. Around two-thirds of people correctly include the two leading causes of death in their responses: heart disease (66%) and cancer (65%). When asked to identify the top three causes of death in the U.S., as reported by the CDC in 2020, from among a list of the 10 leading causes, many Americans are successful in doing so. Do Americans know what the leading causes of death are in the United States? Americans feel similarly about the generation after theirs: 29% say they'll live longer lives than the current generation, 23% say they'll live shorter ones, and 28% say they'll live the same length. life expectancy at birth, though life expectancy for people who have reached an older age is higher, on average.Īmericans are divided as to whether their generation will live longer or shorter lives than the generation before them: 30% say they'll live longer lives, 22% say they'll live shorter lives, and 31% say they'll live about as long. When asked to give us a number, the median age Americans said they expected themselves to live to is 82 years - 6 years higher than estimates of U.S. How long do Americans think they personally will live? One in four (24%) said they weren't sure. life expectancy is within the range of 75 to 79, while 21% thought it was lower and 31% thought it was higher. ( Life expectancy is calculated using current death rates, so if death rates decline then the current life expectancy will prove to be an underestimate.) Overall, a total of 24% of people accurately stated that U.S. today is expected to live to, Americans provided a median response of 78, slightly higher than the life expectancy reported by the CDC of 76. When asked to estimate the average age a person born in the U.S. are expected to live?Īmericans have a good sense of their country's average life expectancy. ![]() Do Americans know how long people in the U.S. ranks relative to other wealthy countries, in terms of life expectancy as well as other health risks. are moderately accurate, few are aware of how far behind the U.S. Recent polling by YouGov finds that while Americans' perceptions of life expectancy in the U.S. According to researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in 2021 the average American could expect to live until the age of 76, a significant decline from the average of 79 just two years prior in 2019. Between 20, the United States experienced the largest two-year decline in its life expectancy in nearly 100 years.
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