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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: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 22 2021, @10:48PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 22 2021, @10:48PM (#1159268)

    What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence. If you want numbers so bad, why don't you start?

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Azuma Hazuki on Friday July 23 2021, @01:22AM (1 child)

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Friday July 23 2021, @01:22AM (#1159302) Journal

    You make the claim, you back it up.

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    • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 23 2021, @08:42PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 23 2021, @08:42PM (#1159474)

      Looking forward to you backing up your claim [soylentnews.org], then.

      You've got no room to complain about people contradicting you when they provided just as much evidence as you (0=0), you toxic little dingbat.