US life expectancy problem is ‘bigger than we ever thought,’ report finds [usatoday.com]

Ingrid Cockhren (PACEs Connection Staff) 6/5/2312:00 PM

By Adrianna Rodriguez, Photo: from article, USA TODAY, June 2, 2023

The country’s life expectancy problem gained renewed attention in recent years during the COVID-19 pandemic after seeing the largest drop since World War II.

As U.S. life expectancy continues to plummet, a new report found the country has been at a life expectancy disadvantage since the 1950s, and it has only gotten worse since then.

The study, published Thursday in the American Journal of Public Health, also shows more than 50 countries have surpassed the U.S. in life expectancy since the 1930s, and a handful of states may be partly responsible.

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