Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Steepest drop of US life expectancy by Covid

Steepest drop

US life expectancy dropped by 1.8 years in 2020, final official figures showed on December 22, the steepest drop in more than 75 years driven in large part by the Covid-19 pandemic. Life expectancy at birth was 77.0 years for the total US population last year, down from 78.8 years in 2019, according to the … Read more