Life Expectancy in the US, Continued to Drop , in 2021.
The CDC's National Center for Health Statistics' reports were published early on December 22.
New federal data shows that life expectancy in the United States has dropped to the lowest level in 26 years.
ABC reports that the two new CDC reports found that the death rate has increased 5.3%.
This means that life expectancy dropped for the second year in a row in 2021.
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Life expectancy reached 76.4 years, down from 77 years in 2020.
According to the authors of the reports, the drop in life expectancy was primarily due to COVID-19 and drug overdose deaths.
According to the authors of the reports, the drop in life expectancy was primarily due to COVID-19 and drug overdose deaths.
The data shows that men and women saw approximately the same decrease in life expectancy.
Similarly, death rates increased for nearly every racial and ethnic group, with decreases only seen among Hispanic and Black men.
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The top ten leading causes of death were largely unchanged between 2020 and 2021.
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According to the data, heart disease and cancer remained the leading causes of death, followed by COVID-19.
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According to the data, heart disease and cancer remained the leading causes of death, followed by COVID-19.
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An April 2022 CDC report said that there had been approximately 460,000 deaths caused by COVID-19 during 2021
