The CDC said the drop in life expectancy was largely driven by the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Unintentional injuries" was the second biggest overall reason for the worsening estimate, driving 15.9% of the decline. Those"were largely driven byHowever, the impact of these causes varied widely among demographic groups.
People visit the"In America: Remember" public art installation on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 18, 2021. More than 650,000 small white flags commemorated all the Americans who had died due to COVID-19 to that point.During the first year of the pandemic, the agencythat Hispanic Americans saw the worst drop in life expectancy of any group, with 90% of their decline blamed on COVID-19.
Among all racial groups, Asian Americans saw the smallest decline in life expectancy last year, losing just 0.1 years in 2021, to 83.5 years. American Indian and Alaska Native people saw the largest decline of any racial group, losing 1.9 years, to drop to 65.2 years.reported earlier this year In 1993, Black Americans had a life expectancy that was 7.1 years worse than their white counterparts. By 2019, before the pandemic, that gap had shrunk to 4 years.The report found that the difference in life expectancy between men and women widened from 5.7 to 5.9 years in 2021. This gap by sex had fallen to just 4.8 years in 2010.
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