April 23rd, 2008

While Americans are generally living longer in each generation, experts are beginning to predict a decline in the youngest generation’s life expectancy. According to MSNBC, “We as a nation are doing ourselves in with our couch-potato culture of eating way too much and exercising far too little. Some health professionals even raise the controversial notion that today’s generation of kids like Justin — about a third of whom are overweight or obese — may be the first to live shorter lives than their parents.”

Nationwide, the current life expectancy is 79.7 for women and 74.3 for men – but in Pennsylvania, it’s slightly lower: 79.3 for women and 74.0 for men.