U.S. life expectancy down for second-straight year, fueled by covid-19 newsindiatimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from newsindiatimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Life expectancy drops for Native Americans due to COVID-19 scienceblog.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from scienceblog.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Native Americans experienced disproportionately high rates of deaths from COVID-19 due to poverty, crowded housing, high rates of chronic disease, employment in frontline jobs, and limited access to quality health care.
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Officials say COVID-19 was the third leading cause of death in America, accounting for 1 in 8 deaths in 2020 and 2021. Blacks, Latinos, Native Americans were hardest-hit, but United States lost more years from life expectancy than peer countries. Pandemic killed less than cancer and heart disease, but more than accidents and stroke. Researchers say people were afraid to get care and vaccinations didn’t overcome the whole issue. The numbers don’t include omicron.