U.S. Life Expectancy Drops Amid Rising Suicide, Drug Overdose Rates

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By Mike Barrett

Life expectancy in the United States has dropped 2 years in a row. Yikes.

In this piece, I’d like to cover the in-depth reports outlining 2017, and then we will get into the overview for 2018 in the next piece. Three reports from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed that in 2017, it was the longest decline in U.S. life expectancy at birth since World War I. Sadly, the dismal reports show that rising suicide and drug overdose rates were among the main contributors to the decline.

Source: CDC

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