average life expectancy in USA fell by almost two years in 2020, down up to 77 years from 78.8 in 2019. This was the lowest national average. in almost two decades.
BUT new National Center report for Health statistics look at how what decline changed from state to state. it found that eight states and Washington reduced life expectancy by more than two years from 2019 to 2020. list includes New Jersey, Texas and Louisiana.
New York has seen the sharpest decline: a drop of three years. Hawaii has seen the smallest, in just 0.2 years.
Mississippi has the lowest life expectancy in 2020 of any state (71.9 years), while Hawaii had highest (80.7 years).
Life expectancy is commonly used as a proxy for and the population’s general state of health. main reason for in decline, of Of course, there was Covid-19 followed by an increase in unintentional injuries, mostly from drug overdose. Over 300,000 people died of COVID-19 in United States in 2020.
Lethal outcomes in The US grew by 19% between 2019 and 2020 – the biggest jump in a century. Life expectancy was the lowest in southern states in 2020 including Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee, and West Virginia. According to Dr. Robert Anderson, chief medical officer, this was likely due to death from Covid. of death statistics in NCHS, who reviewed the report.
Anderson said that in the US there is usually a gradual trend towards higher life expectancy over time.
“We really didn’t see anything like this is after the 1918 flu pandemic,” he said. At that time, life expectancy fell from 50.9 years in 1917 to 39.1 years in 1918, according to Anderson.
Data for 2021, after revision and breakdown down as it stands, it’s unlikely to look much more rosy.
“Mortality was low. higher in 2021 than in 2020, so we may see additional declines,” Anderson said.
“If Covid magically disappears, we can see big rebound, he added. “However, this hard to know what a long- term effects of there will be sickness.
