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Life expectancy continued to decline in US in 2021: analysis
A new analysis found life expectancy in the United States continued to decrease in 2021, though not as significantly as in 2020.
The study, posted online Tuesday but not yet peer-reviewed, predicts life expectancy dropped to 76.60 years in 2021 from 76.99 years in 2020.
It is the second year in a row the life expectancy significantly dropped, with the study pointing out in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic, the life expectancy in the U.S. was 78.86 years.
The significant drops amid the coronavirus pandemic come as more than 900,000 Americans have died from the virus in the past two years.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/3261878-life-expectancy-continued-to-decline-in-us-in-2021-analysis/