Life Expectancy and Major Chronic Diseases

JoAnn E Manson, MD, MPH, DrPH
Past-President, The Menopause Society; Chief, Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Professor of Medicine and the Michael and Lee Bell Professor of Women’s Health; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

Dr Manson discusses how the high level of cardiovascular health, evaluated using the American Heart Association’s Life’s Essential 8 metrics, was associated with longer life expectancy, free of major chronic diseases, and may contribute to narrowing socioeconomic health inequalities in both men and women.

Content updated October 2023