American life expectancy is now at its lowest in nearly two decades
A new report shows the pandemic and the overdose crisis helped push down the average life expectancy in the U.S. for a second year in a row.
by Yuki Noguchi
Dec 22, 2022
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The average life expectancy for Americans shortened by over seven months last year, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
That decrease follows an already of 1.8 years in 2020. As a result, the expected life span of someone born in
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