NBC New York

US Life Expectancy Has Been Declining. Here's Why

The average life expectancy in the U.S. has been on the decline for three consecutive years. A baby born in 2017 is expected to live to be 78.6 years old, which is down from 78.7 the year before ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Opioid deaths fuel dip in US life expectancy for second straight year: 5 things to know

American life expectancy dipped for a second consecutive year in 2016. This decline was once again largely fueled by soaring rates of opioid overdose deaths, according to two reports from the ...
World Socialist Web Site

California’s declining life expectancy driven by a public health crisis

A recent research letter published July 9 in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), titled “The Failure of Life Expectancy to Fully Rebound to Prepandemic Levels,” paints a ...
fox13now

Life expectancy in U.S. falls for 2nd consecutive year, analysis shows

A new analysis published on medRxiv reveals that life expectancy in the U.S. continues to decline. In 2021, life spans decreased by another 0.4 years. In 2020, life expectancy decreased by ...