54 is beating the US Life Expectancy Posted on 2/18/2021 at 22:45:56 by Will Croom
We seem to be on the decline, folks. During the first half of the pandemic, U.S. life expectancy was at its lowest in 15 years . And it's even worse for Black Americans and Latinos. Data through June 2020 shows life expectancy at birth for the total U.S. population fell from 2019 by a year to 77.8 years, the lowest since 2006, according to researchers at the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics. Life expectancy for Black populations declined the most from 2019 – by 2.7 years, to 72 years – its lowest level since 2001. Latinos experienced the second-biggest decline, falling 1.9 years since 2019 to a life expectancy of 79.9 years, lower than when it was first recorded in 2006.
