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The Pandemic Led To The Biggest Drop In U.S. Life Expectancy Since WWII, Study Finds


Robert F. Bukaty
/ AP
Originally published on June 23, 2021 7:28 pm
A new study estimates that life expectancy in the U.S. decreased by nearly two years between 2018 and 2020, largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. And the declines were most pronounced among minority groups, including Black and Hispanic people.
In 2018, average life expectancy in the U.S. was about 79 years (78.7). It declined to about 77 years (76.9) by the end of 2020, according to a new study published in the
British Medical Journal.
We have not seen a decrease like this since World War II. It s a horrific decrease in life expectancy, said Steven Woolf of the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine and an author of the study released on Wednesday. (The study is based on data from the National Center for Health Statistics and includes simulated estimates for 2020.) ....

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