Life Expectancy in the US, Continued to Drop , in 2021.
The CDC's National Center for Health
Statistics' reports were published
early on December 22.
New federal data shows that life
expectancy in the United States has
dropped to the lowest level in 26 years.
ABC reports that the two new CDC reports found
that the death rate has increased 5.3%.
This means that life expectancy
dropped for the second year
in a row in 2021. .
Life expectancy reached 76.4 years,
down from 77 years in 2020.
According to the authors of the reports,
the drop in life expectancy was primarily
due to COVID-19 and drug overdose deaths.
According to the authors of the reports,
the drop in life expectancy was primarily
due to COVID-19 and drug overdose deaths.
The data shows that men and women
saw approximately the same
decrease in life expectancy.
Similarly, death rates increased for nearly
every racial and ethnic group, with decreases
only seen among Hispanic and Black men. .
The top ten leading causes
of death were largely unchanged
between 2020 and 2021. .
According to the data, heart disease
and cancer remained the leading
causes of death, followed by COVID-19. .
According to the data, heart disease
and cancer remained the leading
causes of death, followed by COVID-19. .
An April 2022 CDC report said that there
had been approximately 460,000 deaths
caused by COVID-19 during 2021