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US Life Expectancy Falls Further by Almost a Year to 76.1 Due to COVID-19, CDC Says
US Life Expectancy Falls Further by Almost a Year to 76.1 Due to COVID-19, CDC Says
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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US life expectancy dropped to 76.1 years last year, the lowest figure since 1996, driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study... 31.08.2022, Sputnik International
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"U.S. life expectancy at birth for 2021, based on nearly final data, was 76.1 years, the lowest it has been since 1996," the report stated.This reflected a decrease of 0.9 year compared to 2020 and 2.7 years since 2019, with two thirds of the decline taking place during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.Moreover, American Indian and Alaskan Native populations experienced the largest decline in life expectancy among racial groups, falling from 67.1 in 2020 to 65.2 in 2021, which was the same figure for the entire US population in 1944.COVID-19 was the "leading cause" behind the drop in life expectancy for Americans overall and for black, white, and American Indian and Alaskan Native populations, according to the report’s analysis.
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US Life Expectancy Falls Further by Almost a Year to 76.1 Due to COVID-19, CDC Says
14:24 GMT 31.08.2022 (Updated: 14:25 GMT 31.08.2022) WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US life expectancy dropped to 76.1 years last year, the lowest figure since 1996, driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics.
"U.S. life expectancy at birth for 2021, based on nearly final data, was 76.1 years, the lowest it has been since 1996," the report stated.
This reflected a decrease of 0.9 year compared to 2020 and 2.7 years since 2019, with two thirds of the decline taking place during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
29 August 2022, 13:52 GMT
Moreover, American Indian and Alaskan Native populations experienced the largest decline in life expectancy among racial groups, falling from 67.1 in 2020 to 65.2 in 2021, which was the same figure for the entire US population in 1944.
COVID-19 was the "leading cause" behind the drop in life expectancy for Americans overall and for black, white, and American Indian and Alaskan Native populations, according to the report’s analysis.
