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US life expectancy continues historic decline with another drop in 2021, study finds
Half a century ago, life expectancy in the US was about 71 years. Five years were added in the next quarter-century to 76, and life expectancy could have reached 79 if the coronavirus pandemic hadn’t killed nearly one million Americans. As a result, life expectancy in the US declined about 2.4 years in the last two years to 76.6 years in 2021, about the same level as 25 years ago. It seems that the US dealt with the novel virus so badly, or the American people didn’t follow the restrictions or guidance so well. Whichever the case might have been, the US’s fall in life expectancy is larger than any other high-income country. Also, we should not forget that around 20,000 people were killed by guns violence in 2020 alone in the US.
Enjoy reading the article and learn about declining US life expectancy.
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/04/07/health/us-life-expectancy-drops-again-2021/index.html
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