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posted by janrinok on Wednesday July 21 2021, @03:49PM   Printer-friendly

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

Life expectancy in the United States declined by a year and a half in 2020, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which says the coronavirus is largely to blame.

COVID-19 contributed to 74% of the decline in life expectancy from 78.8 years in 2019 to 77.3 years in 2020, according to the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics.

It was the largest one-year decline since World War II, when life expectancy dropped by 2.9 years between 1942 and 1943. Hispanic and Black communities saw the biggest declines.

[...] "The range of factors that play into this include income inequality, the social safety net, as well as racial inequality and access to health care," Curtis said.


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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by Azuma Hazuki on Wednesday July 21 2021, @07:41PM (5 children)

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Wednesday July 21 2021, @07:41PM (#1158876) Journal

    Pop quiz, fuccboi! Who brought them to the US in the first place?

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    I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 21 2021, @07:51PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 21 2021, @07:51PM (#1158880)

    That is the worst troll feeding I've ever seen Azuma, and you left the racist gate wide open.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 21 2021, @08:30PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 21 2021, @08:30PM (#1158892)

    Let me guess... the White savior? Saving civilization with his superior knowledge of pickup trucks.

  • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 21 2021, @08:52PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 21 2021, @08:52PM (#1158904)

    Jews, mostly, but you already knew that.

    Go on, then. Spam me, baby!

    • (Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday July 22 2021, @11:41AM (1 child)

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Thursday July 22 2021, @11:41AM (#1159094) Journal

      Jews, mostly, but you already knew that.

      Given how capable Jews are, one wonders why we bother having any other ethnicities at all.

      So what of all the other ethnicities involved in the slave trade? Do they not count if there are Jew cooties around?