Life expectancy dropped from 78.8 years in 2019 to 77.3 in 2020, the CDC estimated, blaming coronavirus deaths for 73.8% of the decline.

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, ...

Two new studies estimate that life expectancy in the U.S. was reduced by more than a year due to the coronavirus pandemic. According to a study published in the peer-review journal British Medical ...

The most recently available chart of U.S. life expectancy at birth from 1900 to 2021. Courtesy of the federal National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) Report Volume 72, Number 12. Formaspace offers a ...

While life expectancy across the U.S. declined significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study led by researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health ...

WASHINGTON - Life expectancy in the United States continued to decline in 2021 despite the availability of life-saving COVID-19 vaccines, according to a new analysis. The findings, published this week ...

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. The report ...

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 damning ...

The latest data about life expectancy in the United States serve as an indictment of American health and American politics. According to federal researchers, the average American in 2021 could expect ...

U.S. life expectancy fell by a year and a half in 2020, the largest one-year decline since World War II, according to research released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.