/tags/life-expectancy life expectancy en-US WLRN Thu, 22 Dec 2022 05:32:00 GMT /news/2022-12-22/american-life-expectancy-is-now-at-its-lowest-in-nearly-two-decades A new report shows the pandemic and the overdose crisis helped push down the average life expectancy in the U.S. for a second year in a row. Thu, 22 Dec 2022 05:32:00 GMT /news/2022-12-22/american-life-expectancy-is-now-at-its-lowest-in-nearly-two-decades Yuki Noguchi /news/2022-08-31/life-expectancy-in-the-u-s-continues-to-drop-driven-by-covid-19 Americans' life expectancy dropped for the second year in a row and is the biggest drop since the 1920s. COVID-19 is driving the downward trend, according to CDC data. Wed, 31 Aug 2022 12:00:00 GMT /news/2022-08-31/life-expectancy-in-the-u-s-continues-to-drop-driven-by-covid-19 Jane Greenhalgh, Selena Simmons-Duffin /2022-04-07/u-s-life-expectancy-falls-for-2nd-year-in-a-row The pandemic drove U.S. life expectancy down again in 2021 even though life-saving vaccines were widely available. Thu, 07 Apr 2022 15:10:07 GMT /2022-04-07/u-s-life-expectancy-falls-for-2nd-year-in-a-row Rob Stein /2016-12-08/life-expectancy-in-u-s-drops-for-first-time-in-decades-report-finds Overall, U.S. life expectancy dipped in 2015 — the first drop since 1993. That's because the death rate went up between 2014 and 2015, driven by an increase in mortality among people younger than 65. Thu, 08 Dec 2016 05:02:00 GMT /2016-12-08/life-expectancy-in-u-s-drops-for-first-time-in-decades-report-finds Rob Stein /health-care/2016-04-06/how-your-life-expectancy-depends-on-your-neighborhood-in-miami Your life expectancy depends a lot on where you live—down to the very neighborhood, according to a new analysis from Virginia Commonwealth University and… Wed, 06 Apr 2016 10:41:19 GMT /health-care/2016-04-06/how-your-life-expectancy-depends-on-your-neighborhood-in-miami Sammy Mack