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Yael Eckstein holding hands of an elderly woman, Netta, in Israel. (Credit: Olivier Fitoussi)
October 20, 2025, 2:00 pm
Israelis’ life expectancy rises to 83.8, making it 4th among OECD countries
Report shows dramatic rise in life expectancy of both men and women from 2022 to 2023, despite Israel investing only 7.6% of its GDP in health
By Diana Bletter
An illustrative photo of health workers. (istock photo/ nanostockk)
June 9, 2025, 10:20 pm
Health Ministry report: Healthcare in the periphery lags far behind the center
Study finds infant mortality rate among Arab babies almost double that of Jewish babies, Arab men have lower life expectancy than Jewish men but Arab women are living longer
By Diana Bletter
Visitors walk around a memorial for victims of COVID-19 at the Griffith Observatory, in Los Angeles, Nov. 19, 2021. (Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP)
December 22, 2021, 8:44 am
US life expectancy dropped by nearly 2 years in 2020 due to COVID
Pandemic-induced drop is biggest in over 75 years; annual population growth has dropped to lowest level in US history
By AFP
Illustrative: Medical personnel move a deceased patient to a refrigerated truck serving as a makeshift morgue at Brooklyn Hospital Center in New York City, April 9, 2020. (Angela Weiss/AFP)
September 28, 2021, 2:16 pm
COVID causing biggest life expectancy drop since WWII in US and western Europe
US experiences worst decline, down by 2.2 years compared to 2019 among males, study finds; 27 of 29 countries researched see fall, in some cases wiping out years of progress
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Hadassah Ein Kerem medical staff work in the coronavirus ward of the hospital in Jerusalem, on August 25, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 2, 2021, 5:16 pm
Israeli male life expectancy in decline amid COVID pandemic — TV
Arab Israelis suffer biggest impact, with a drop of 1.5 years compared to 2019; numbers likely to fall further due to many more virus-related deaths this year
By ToI Staff
In this March 27, 2020 file photo, William Samuels delivers caskets to the Gerard Neufeld Funeral Home during the coronavirus pandemic in the Queens borough of New York (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
February 18, 2021, 3:06 pm
US life expectancy drops a year in pandemic, most since WWII
Expert says final figures expected to be even worse; minorities suffer the biggest impact
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE
Illustrative. Elderly people enjoying the morning sun in the southern city of Ashkelon, January 10, 2009. (Gili Yaari/Flash 90)
February 25, 2019, 12:38 pm
Israel 10th-healthiest country in the world – report
Bloomberg index puts Spain at the top of the list; Jewish state slips one place down the rankings since last global assessment in 2017
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Dozens of Jewish Holocaust survivors wear Tefilin and the Tallit prayer shawl as they participate in a group bar-mitzvah ceremony, normally done at the age of 13, on May 2, 2016, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City. (AFP PHOTO / MENAHEM KAHANA)
January 5, 2019, 11:58 pm
Holocaust survivors less healthy but outlive their peers by 7 years, study finds
Israeli researchers attribute ‘paradoxical’ findings to genetics and to resilience as a result of experiencing Nazi atrocities
By ToI Staff
An elderly couple walk on Jaffa street in downtown Jerusalem on February 20, 2017. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
October 18, 2018, 8:54 am
Israel ranks 7th in global life expectancy rankings for 2040
New study shows Spain unseating Japan to take top spot, China predicted to overtake US; Palestinians near bottom of list
By AFP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Babies born prematurely at Jerusalem's Shaare Zedek hospital on January 5, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
December 4, 2017, 3:32 pm
Even in the same city, Arab infant mortality rates far higher than among Jews
Health Ministry report reveals wide health gaps between populations, as well as between residents of rich and poor areas
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A man measures his belly. (Ljupco/ iStock via Getty images)
November 12, 2017, 8:40 pm
More than half of Israelis overweight, OECD report finds
Israelis still thinner than most developed countries, and living longer, thanks to higher health care spending and less smoking, according to survey
By ToI Staff
Erica Brown
February 3, 2017, 12:22 pm
Erica Brown
Every year’s a souvenir
How family photos provided solace during a time of dread
IDF soldiers take part in a training exercise on October 26, 2010. (Michal Shvadron/IDF spokesperson/Flash90)
December 7, 2016, 2:33 pm
Why do Israeli men live so long? Army service, study says
New research indicates mandatory draft indirectly responsible for higher-than-average life expectancy among men
By Tamar Pileggi
Illustrative: A newborn baby in an Israeli hospital. (Chen Leopold/Flash90)
October 7, 2016, 2:26 pm
Life expectancy for baby born in Israel today is 82, compared to 77 in 1990
Less encouragingly, global study also shows increase in Israelis suffering from high blood pressure, high blood sugar and high body mass index
By ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of Jewish men inside a synagogue in Kiev (Mendy Hechtman/Flash90)
June 17, 2016, 4:01 am
People who attend religious services live longer
Survey of 75,534 women finds those who attended more than one prayer service weekly had a 33 percent lower risk of premature death
By Gabe Friedman
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