Living longer, not healthier: Study finds periods of poor health toward end of life

Living longer doesn’t always mean living healthier.

That’s according to a study published in JAMA Network Open, which found a "widening gap between lifespan and healthspan" among 183 countries.

In 2019, there was a "healthspan-lifespan gap" of 9.6 years globally, a 13% increase from 8.5 years in 2019, Mayo Clinic researchers found.

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That gap was largest in the U.S., as Americans live in poor health for an average of 12.4 years...