Life expectancy in the U.S. declined by a year during the first half of 2020, due in large part to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data released today (February 18, 2021) by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the UPI website reports.
From January through June of last year, life expectancy at birth for the total population of the U.S. was 77.8 years, down from 78.8 years in 2019.
For Black Americans, life expectancy fell by nearly three years over the same period, to 72 years from 74.7 years. Among Hispanic Americans, it dropped by roughly two years to 79.9 years from 81.8 years from 2019 through June 2020.
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