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U.S. Life Expectancy Fell By 1.5 Years In 2020, The Biggest Drop Since WWII

10:44am July 21, 2021

by Jane Greenhalgh

The CDC says COVID-19 was the largest factor, along with drug overdoses, homicides, diabetes and chronic liver disease. The decline was even greater for Hispanic men.

Patrice Howard writes on white flags before planting them to remember her recently deceased father and close friends in November at "IN AMERICA How Could This Happen...," a public art installation in Washington, D.C. Led by artist Suzanne Firstenberg, vol

American Life Expectancy Dropped By A Full Year In 1st Half Of 2020

12:38pm February 18, 2021

by Laurel Wamsley

The group that suffered the largest drop in life expectancy was Black males — a decline of three years. Hispanic males also saw a large decrease, with a decline of 2.4 years.

Medical personnel prone a COVID-19 patient last November at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in the Mission Hills section of Los Angeles.

Pandemic Shortens U.S. Life Expectancy, Study Concludes

1:50pm January 15, 2021

by Rob Stein

The deaths caused by the pandemic appear to be shortening overall life expectancy in the U.S. by 1.13 years, which would be the largest single decline in at least 40 years.

Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism, Anne Case and Angus Deaton

'Deaths Of Despair' Examines The Steady Erosion Of U.S. Working-Class Life

2:40pm March 18, 2020

by Jim Zarroli

Princeton Profs. Anne Case and Angus Deaton make the case that something has gone grievously wrong, starting with the shift to declining life expectancy numbers around the year 2000.

Death rates in the U.S. declined and life expectancy showed a slight uptick in 2018, while drug overdose deaths declined for the first time since the 1990s.

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Life Expectancy Rose Slightly In 2018, As Drug Overdose Deaths Fell

7:52am January 30, 2020

by Rhitu Chatterjee

The turnaround is welcome news after rising drug overdose and suicide rates had pushed life expectancy down since 2014. Could America be turning the tide on opioid addiction?

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Syringes of fentanyl, an opioid painkiller, sit in an inpatient facility in Salt Lake City. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, opioid-related overdoses have contributed to the life expectancy drop in the U.S.

U.S. Life Expectancy Drops Amid 'Disturbing' Rise In Overdoses And Suicides

3:02pm November 29, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

"These sobering statistics are a wakeup call that we are losing too many Americans, too early and too often, to conditions that are preventable," says CDC Director Robert Redfield.

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We're Living Longer ... But A Medical Journal Sees Many Causes For Alarm

11:31am November 27, 2018

by Joanne Silberner

Life expectancy is up. The death rate for young children is down. So why is Dr. Richard Horton, editor of 'The Lancet,' worried about global health?

Life expectancy in the U.S. has fallen for the second straight year, in part because of the surge of overdoses on opioids, such as oxycodone.

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Life Expectancy Drops Again As Opioid Deaths Surge In U.S.

2:44pm December 21, 2017

by Rob Stein

The opioid epidemic caused U.S. life expectancy to fall for the second year in a row, marking the first time that has happened since the early 1960s. Death rates also continued to rise.

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Low- and middle-income countries, as ranked on a Sociodemographic Index, where the observed life expectancy exceeded the expected life expectancy by the greatest margins.

People Are Living Longer In Places You Wouldn't Expect

10:46am October 05, 2017

by Emily Sohn

In lower income countries and territories, life expectancy can be quite low — below 55 years. But sometimes it is years more than you'd predict. What's up?

Life Expectancy In U.S. Drops For First Time In Decades, Report Finds

9:50am December 08, 2016

by Rob Stein

Overall, U.S. life expectancy dipped in 2015 — the first drop since 1993. That's because the death rate went up between 2014 and 2015, driven by an increase in mortality among people younger than 65.

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