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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.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday July 22 2021, @10:52AM (5 children)
As you later acknowledge that was actually 20% greater deaths per capita than the mean (which in turn is somewhat greater than the white only deaths per capita. After all, per capita deaths is a better comparison right?
What's missing here is that the black population as a whole is much more urban than the white population. While there are some occasional rural exceptions, the urban regions tend to be much more heavily hit than rural areas. Thus, even in the complete absence of any sort of racial bias, one would expect more covid deaths in the black population per capita.
(Score: 2) by fakefuck39 on Thursday July 22 2021, @11:11AM (4 children)
>20% greater deaths per capita than the mean
I acknowledge it in the way where I tell a retard that's not what the first link is talking about, since the title is comparing blacks to whites, not blacks to blacks.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday July 22 2021, @11:36AM (3 children)
FTFY.
(Score: 2) by fakefuck39 on Thursday July 22 2021, @11:46AM (2 children)
you should fix yourself buddy. you are comparing blacks to blacks. I don't know how much more clear i can make that for you. it's clearly something your brain is unable to comprehend.
(Score: 0, Troll) by khallow on Thursday July 22 2021, @12:34PM (1 child)
I've already corrected your incorrect statement. Time to get with it.
Repetition doesn't make erroneous statements less erroneous.
(Score: 1, Troll) by fakefuck39 on Thursday July 22 2021, @07:24PM
>I've already corrected your incorrect statement. Time to get with it.
autism
>Repetition doesn't make erroneous statements less erroneous.
is not curable