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  2. List of U.S. states and territories by life expectancy

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    The life expectancy in some states has fallen in recent years; for example, Maine's life expectancy in 2010 was 79.1 years, and in 2018 it was 78.7 years. The Washington Post noted in November 2018 that overall life expectancy in the United States was declining although in 2018 life expectancy had a slight increase of 0.1 and bringing it to ...

  3. Years of potential life lost - Wikipedia

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    Years of potential life lost ( YPLL) or potential years of life lost ( PYLL) is an estimate of the average years a person would have lived if they had not died prematurely. [1] It is, therefore, a measure of premature mortality. As an alternative to death rates, it is a method that gives more weight to deaths that occur among younger people.

  4. Unemployment in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Unemployment rates historically are lower for those groups with higher levels of education. For example, in May 2016 the unemployment rate for workers over 25 years of age was 2.5% for college graduates, 5.1% for those with a high school diploma, and 7.1% for those without a high school diploma.

  5. Social Security (United States) - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, Social Security is the commonly used term for the federal Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance ( OASDI) program and is administered by the Social Security Administration (SSA). [1] The Social Security Act was passed in 1935, [2] and the existing version of the Act, as amended, [3] encompasses several social welfare ...

  6. Unemployment in the US Now vs. a Year Ago - AOL

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    The data from the above table is clear and unmistakable. At the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, in March 2020, the unemployment rate was a very benign 4.4%.

  7. Employment-to-population ratio - Wikipedia

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    The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development defines the employment rate as the employment-to-population ratio. [1] This is a statistical ratio that measures the proportion of a country's working age population (statistics are often given for ages 15 to 64 [2] [3]) that is employed. This includes people that have stopped looking ...

  8. Unemployment - Wikipedia

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    The Bureau of Labor Statistics measures employment and unemployment (of those over 17 years of age) by using two different labor force surveys conducted by the United States Census Bureau (within the United States Department of Commerce) and/or the Bureau of Labor Statistics (within the United States Department of Labor) that gather employment ...

  9. Life expectancy - Wikipedia

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    In England in the 13th–19th centuries with life expectancy at birth rising from perhaps 25 years to over 40, expectation of life at age 30 has been estimated at 20–30 years, giving an average age at death of about 50-60 for those (a minority at the start of the period but two-thirds at its end) surviving beyond their twenties.