Friday, January 31, 2020

US life expectancy rose in 2018 for 1st time in 4 years: Study - ABC News

US life expectancy rose in 2018 for 1st time in 4 years: Study - ABC News
  • Drug overdose deaths are declining for the first time in decades.
"Life expectancy in the U.S. rose in 2018, the first such increase in four years, according to a report the National Center for Health Statistics published on Thursday.
The average American man will live to be 76, and the average woman will live to be 81.
Those gains were driven by declines in 6 of the 10 leading causes of death between 2017 and 2018, and a notable drop in drug overdose deaths.
Overdose deaths, after increasing for decades, fell for the first time in 28 years, from 70,237 in 2017 to 67,367 in 2018, according to the report..."
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