Pandemic drives largest decrease in US life expectancy since 1943

(Virginia Commonwealth University) US life expectancy decreased by 1.87 years between 2018 and 2020, according to research publishing June 23 in The BMJ from Virginia Commonwealth University, the University of Colorado Boulder and the Urban Institute. The numbers are worse for people of color. On average, whereas life expectancy among white Americans decreased by 1.36 years in 2020, it decreased by 3.25 years in Black Americans and 3.88 years in Hispanic Americans.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news