The study found that the state with the highest average life expectancy at birth in the U.S. is Hawaii, which comes out far ...

From the 1500s until around the early-1800s, life expectancy throughout Europe hovered between 30 and 40 years. This was due in part to infant mortality rates that remained at 25% until 1800.

The leading causes of death in European countries vary widely. For instance, eastern European countries have twice the Spanish death rates from heart disease.

The last time life expectancy was at 77 was around two decades ago. Since then, lifespan was gradually increasing until the pandemic brought the national average to a staggering low.

Related: Past research suggests that, between 2000 and 2019, life expectancy worldwide went up from 66.8 years old in 2000 to 73.4 years old in 2019, according to the World Health Organization.

When comparing how long men and women tend to live in these countries, the greatest jump took place among men in Rwanda and Uganda, who had an average life expectancy of just 30.85 years in 1990 ...