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US life expectancy drops significantly, fueled by COVID-19
Life expectancy in the United States fell for the second straight year, fueled by COVID-19, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published Wednesday.  The two-year decline was steep, down 2.7 years between 2019 and 2021. Life expectancy was 76.1 years in 2021, down from 77 years in 2020 and 78.8 years in 2019.   That is the largest drop in decades: It is the first two-year decline in life expectancy since 1961-1963, the CDC said.   Life expectancy in the U.S. is now back to the level it was in 1996.   By far the largest factor driving the decline, making up about half of the change, was COVID-19. Other factors included overdose deaths a

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