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In 2016, center for disease control says the life expectancy at birth was 78.6 years. that is down .1% from 2015. the life expectancy rates dropped last year as well. what's contributing to it is perhaps more concerning than the number in itself. officials say drugs, opioids inu particular, or a significant factor. about 64,000 peoplee died from drug wars overdoses in 2016, 22% higher than the year before. the rate of overdose dates from synthetic opioids, doubled from 2015 to 2016. overdose rates are categorized as unintentional injury in the cdc's mortality report. they are now the third lea...
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