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COVID-19 helped erase 1.8 years from the average American’s life expectancy in 2020, according to the latest federal mortality data released Wednesday, marking the greatest change in the American lifespan since World War II. During that one brutal year, COVID-19 became the third-most common cause of death in the United States, with one out of 10 fatalities due to the virus.
The life expectancy of Chinese citizens rose to 77.3 years in 2019, compared with 35 years in 1949, according to a white paper released Thursday.
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The life expectancy of Chinese citizens rose to 77.3 years in 2019, compared with 35 years in 1949, according to a white paper released Thursday.
COVID helped cause the biggest drop in U.S. life expectancy since WWII
Changes in U.S. life expectancy normally move at a more glacial pace – at incremental tenths of a year. But the coronavirus pandemic has upset that steady trend.
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Life expectancy in the US dropped by an astounding 1.8 years during the first year of the pandemic
Despite President Biden’s claim that the US is in a better place since March 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that life expectancy in 2020 dropped by nearly two years. By all indications, this trend will worsen in 2021.
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