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Researchers from Penn State compared the mortality rates from six English-speaking nations and America doesn’t come out too well, unless you live in California or Hawaii.
The U.S. life expectancy is three to five years lower than that of peer countries.
The city’s death rate also increased by 50%, bucking years of positive public health trends.
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Deaths from drug overdoses and COVID contributed to the alarming trend.
Average life expectancy took a three-year cut.
It’s the most dramatic one-year drop in life expectancy since at least World War II.
In 2020, life expectancy for Black Americans tumbled by nearly three years.
Experts say that a drop of this magnitude hasn’t been recorded since World War Two—and the decline is much, much worse among minority communities.
A decline in drug overdoses and better cancer treatment are leading factors in the new numbers, which are equal to those in 2010.
Suicide death rate hits its highest level in 50 years.
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