Pandemic Caused Steepest Decline In U.S. Life Expectancy Since World War II, CDC Report Shows

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Pandemic Caused Steepest Decline In U.S. Life Expectancy Since World War II, CDC Report Shows
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The finding highlights the devastating impact of the Covid-19 pandemic

by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics , the life expectancy at birth dropped by 1.8 from 78.8 years in 2019.in life expectancy the U.S. has seen since World War II when that figure fell by 2.9 years in 1943.

The life expectancy for men in 2020 stood at 74.2—a decline of 2.1 years—while women’s life expectancy declined by 1.5 to 79.9 years. The data also shows that death rates rose for every age group except children aged between 1 and 4, with Covid-19 being the third largest cause of death.85. That is the total number of deaths that Covid-19 accounted for per 100,000 people in 2020, according to the NCHS report. Only heart disease and cancer caused more deaths last year.

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