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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: 2) by JoeMerchant on Wednesday July 21 2021, @07:54PM (2 children)

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Wednesday July 21 2021, @07:54PM (#1158881)

    The number of deaths 25-45 is still low, but percentage wise it has increased significantly. In other words, people in that age group were about twice as likely to die as normal during 2021...

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  • (Score: 2) by slinches on Wednesday July 21 2021, @08:17PM (1 child)

    by slinches (5049) on Wednesday July 21 2021, @08:17PM (#1158888)

    True, but it seems to me that the data suggests most of the rise in the 25-45 range is likely not directly due to covid. The increase doesn't correlate with the spikes in cases for each wave. Rather, it's more of a uniform increase in the baseline which would correlate better with the lockdown actions and changes in behavior associated with the public response to the pandemic.

    • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Wednesday July 21 2021, @08:50PM

      by JoeMerchant (3937) on Wednesday July 21 2021, @08:50PM (#1158902)

      Yep, that seems a likely explanation... judging by the way people started driving around here I'm not surprised - very few people on the road, but the ones who were out were nutso.

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