CDC: US life expectancy saw biggest decline in decades amid pandemic

(By Erica Carbajal for Becker’s Hospital Review)

U.S. life expectancy fell to 77.3 years in 2020, marking a 1.5 year drop from 78.8 years in 2019, according to a July 21 CDC report. It’s the largest one-year drop since World War II.  Continue reading the article here…

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