McKnight's March 27, 2024
New mortality data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds that life expectancy rose by 1.1 years from 2021 and is now at 77.5 as of 2022. Authors of the report said that the increase in life expectancy was mostly due to lower COVID-19 deaths as well as fewer deaths from heart disease, cancer, unintentional injuries and homicide.
Life expectancy increased by 1.3 years in men, rising from 73.5 in 2021 to 74.8 in 2022. For females, life expectancy increased by 0.9 years from 79.3 in 2021 to 80.2 in 2022. The difference in life expectancy between men and women was 5.4 years in 2022 — that’s down 0.4 year from 2021.
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