Us Life Expectancy Sees Biggest Two Year Decline In A Century

Overall life expectancy at birth fell by nearly 3 years from 2019 to 2021 to 76.1 years, the lowest level since 1996, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics. The outlook was bleaker for Native Americans, whose life expectancy fell by 6.6 years to 65.2 years in 2021, matching the level of the total US population in 1944. The US has reported the world’s most deaths from Covid, with more than 1 million since the pandemic began in 2020, with tallies from Brazil, India and Russia trailing in the hundreds of thousands. The onslaught of Covid-related deaths stemmed from the nation’s lack of preparedness to effectively distribute resources in the early months, said Noreen Goldman, a professor of demography at Princeton University. “We haven’t had a strong coordinated national effort to reduce transmission,” Goldman said. Relatively low vaccination and booster rates nationwide are among the contributing factors, he said. While almost half of the decline in life expectancy in 2020-2021 can be traced to Covid-19, another 16% was related to unintentional injuries, with about half of these being drug overdoses such as opioids. Latest data CDC data shows more than 109,000 overdose deaths in the year ending in March. It was only the second time in a century that US life expectancy fell for two years in a row, with a smaller decline coming from 1921-1923. Other causes of death contributing to the recent sharp decline include chronic disease and suicide. Regional differences in health are already recognized as playing a role in declining life expectancy in the US. Americans born in Hawaii live nine years longer, on average, than native-born Mississippians, according to a government report released last week. Life expectancy is shortest in many southern US states, with Mississippi coming in last at just 72 years, according to the CDC’s previous report. Factors such as racial discrimination, poverty and limited access to quality health care exacerbate downward trends in life expectancy among Native Americans, Goldman said. White and black Americans had slightly smaller declines, but were still left with the shortest life expectancy in more than two decades. The reduction for Whites was 1 year and 0.7 years for Blacks. U.S. Hispanics saw a slight decline in 2021 by 0.2 years to 77.6 years, and Asian Americans fell 0.1 year to 83.5 years — the highest of any race, the report said. ©2022 Bloomberg LP

title: “Us Life Expectancy Sees Biggest Two Year Decline In A Century Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-01” author: “Nathan Johnson”

Overall life expectancy at birth fell by nearly 3 years from 2019 to 2021 to 76.1 years, the lowest level since 1996, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics. The outlook was bleaker for Native Americans, whose life expectancy fell by 6.6 years to 65.2 years in 2021, matching the level of the total US population in 1944. The US has reported the world’s most deaths from Covid, with more than 1 million since the pandemic began in 2020, with tallies from Brazil, India and Russia trailing in the hundreds of thousands. The onslaught of Covid-related deaths stemmed from the nation’s lack of preparedness to effectively distribute resources in the early months, said Noreen Goldman, a professor of demography at Princeton University. “We haven’t had a strong coordinated national effort to reduce transmission,” Goldman said. Relatively low vaccination and booster rates nationwide are among the contributing factors, he said. While almost half of the decline in life expectancy in 2020-2021 can be traced to Covid-19, another 16% was related to unintentional injuries, with about half of these being drug overdoses such as opioids. Latest data CDC data shows more than 109,000 overdose deaths in the year ending in March. It was only the second time in a century that US life expectancy fell for two years in a row, with a smaller decline coming from 1921-1923. Other causes of death contributing to the recent sharp decline include chronic disease and suicide. Regional differences in health are already recognized as playing a role in declining life expectancy in the US. Americans born in Hawaii live nine years longer, on average, than native-born Mississippians, according to a government report released last week. Life expectancy is shortest in many southern US states, with Mississippi coming in last at just 72 years, according to the CDC’s previous report. Factors such as racial discrimination, poverty and limited access to quality health care exacerbate downward trends in life expectancy among Native Americans, Goldman said. White and black Americans had slightly smaller declines, but were still left with the shortest life expectancy in more than two decades. The reduction for Whites was 1 year and 0.7 years for Blacks. U.S. Hispanics saw a slight decline in 2021 by 0.2 years to 77.6 years, and Asian Americans fell 0.1 year to 83.5 years — the highest of any race, the report said. ©2022 Bloomberg LP

title: “Us Life Expectancy Sees Biggest Two Year Decline In A Century Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-16” author: “Bruce Staples”

Overall life expectancy at birth fell by nearly 3 years from 2019 to 2021 to 76.1 years, the lowest level since 1996, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics. The outlook was bleaker for Native Americans, whose life expectancy fell by 6.6 years to 65.2 years in 2021, matching the level of the total US population in 1944. The US has reported the world’s most deaths from Covid, with more than 1 million since the pandemic began in 2020, with tallies from Brazil, India and Russia trailing in the hundreds of thousands. The onslaught of Covid-related deaths stemmed from the nation’s lack of preparedness to effectively distribute resources in the early months, said Noreen Goldman, a professor of demography at Princeton University. “We haven’t had a strong coordinated national effort to reduce transmission,” Goldman said. Relatively low vaccination and booster rates nationwide are among the contributing factors, he said. While almost half of the decline in life expectancy in 2020-2021 can be traced to Covid-19, another 16% was related to unintentional injuries, with about half of these being drug overdoses such as opioids. Latest data CDC data shows more than 109,000 overdose deaths in the year ending in March. It was only the second time in a century that US life expectancy fell for two years in a row, with a smaller decline coming from 1921-1923. Other causes of death contributing to the recent sharp decline include chronic disease and suicide. Regional differences in health are already recognized as playing a role in declining life expectancy in the US. Americans born in Hawaii live nine years longer, on average, than native-born Mississippians, according to a government report released last week. Life expectancy is shortest in many southern US states, with Mississippi coming in last at just 72 years, according to the CDC’s previous report. Factors such as racial discrimination, poverty and limited access to quality health care exacerbate downward trends in life expectancy among Native Americans, Goldman said. White and black Americans had slightly smaller declines, but were still left with the shortest life expectancy in more than two decades. The reduction for Whites was 1 year and 0.7 years for Blacks. U.S. Hispanics saw a slight decline in 2021 by 0.2 years to 77.6 years, and Asian Americans fell 0.1 year to 83.5 years — the highest of any race, the report said. ©2022 Bloomberg LP

title: “Us Life Expectancy Sees Biggest Two Year Decline In A Century Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-13” author: “Santiago Hendrickson”

Overall life expectancy at birth fell by nearly 3 years from 2019 to 2021 to 76.1 years, the lowest level since 1996, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics. The outlook was bleaker for Native Americans, whose life expectancy fell by 6.6 years to 65.2 years in 2021, matching the level of the total US population in 1944. The US has reported the world’s most deaths from Covid, with more than 1 million since the pandemic began in 2020, with tallies from Brazil, India and Russia trailing in the hundreds of thousands. The onslaught of Covid-related deaths stemmed from the nation’s lack of preparedness to effectively distribute resources in the early months, said Noreen Goldman, a professor of demography at Princeton University. “We haven’t had a strong coordinated national effort to reduce transmission,” Goldman said. Relatively low vaccination and booster rates nationwide are among the contributing factors, he said. While almost half of the decline in life expectancy in 2020-2021 can be traced to Covid-19, another 16% was related to unintentional injuries, with about half of these being drug overdoses such as opioids. Latest data CDC data shows more than 109,000 overdose deaths in the year ending in March. It was only the second time in a century that US life expectancy fell for two years in a row, with a smaller decline coming from 1921-1923. Other causes of death contributing to the recent sharp decline include chronic disease and suicide. Regional differences in health are already recognized as playing a role in declining life expectancy in the US. Americans born in Hawaii live nine years longer, on average, than native-born Mississippians, according to a government report released last week. Life expectancy is shortest in many southern US states, with Mississippi coming in last at just 72 years, according to the CDC’s previous report. Factors such as racial discrimination, poverty and limited access to quality health care exacerbate downward trends in life expectancy among Native Americans, Goldman said. White and black Americans had slightly smaller declines, but were still left with the shortest life expectancy in more than two decades. The reduction for Whites was 1 year and 0.7 years for Blacks. U.S. Hispanics saw a slight decline in 2021 by 0.2 years to 77.6 years, and Asian Americans fell 0.1 year to 83.5 years — the highest of any race, the report said. ©2022 Bloomberg LP