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US life expectancy falls to lowest levels since 1996 due to COVID, drug overdoses: CDC
[ABC] Life expectancy in the United States has fallen to the lowest levels seen in 26 years, new federal data shows.Two new reports, published early Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics, found the death rate increased 5.3%, from 835.4 per 100,000 people to 879.7 per 100,000 in 2021. Death rate is now on a par with interest and inflation rates. Eight percent appears to be the short-term central planning goal. This means that life expectancy decreased in 2021 for the second year in a row to 76.4 years, down from 77 years in 2020, and is the lowest figure recorded since 1996. While the drop of 0.6 years is not insignificant, it's smaller than the drop of 1.8 years that occurred between 2019 and 2020. The authors of the report said the drop was primarily due to COVID-19 and drug overdose deaths. Posted by: Besoeker 2022-12-22 |
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