Life Expectancy in the US Falls for a Third Straight Year
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Life Expectancy in the US Falls
for a Third Straight Year New data has shown that humans born in 2017 will live to an average age of 78.6. The figures come from the
National Center for Health Statistics at the CDC. According to the NCHS,
the age was 78.7 in 2016. The decline is the longest in U.S. history since 1915-1918 during
the Spanish Flu pandemic. One is drug overdoses, which
killed over 70,000 in 2017. From 2016 to 2017, the
CDC adds that overdoses related
to opioids jumped 30%. Another reason is the increase of deaths
related to liver disease. Excessive consumption of alcohol and obesity
are a couple of the main causes related
to the health issue. Throughout a decade-long period, the CDC says
the liver disease mortality rate
rose 8% for men annually.
for a Third Straight Year New data has shown that humans born in 2017 will live to an average age of 78.6. The figures come from the
National Center for Health Statistics at the CDC. According to the NCHS,
the age was 78.7 in 2016. The decline is the longest in U.S. history since 1915-1918 during
the Spanish Flu pandemic. One is drug overdoses, which
killed over 70,000 in 2017. From 2016 to 2017, the
CDC adds that overdoses related
to opioids jumped 30%. Another reason is the increase of deaths
related to liver disease. Excessive consumption of alcohol and obesity
are a couple of the main causes related
to the health issue. Throughout a decade-long period, the CDC says
the liver disease mortality rate
rose 8% for men annually.