According to CDC reports, life expectancy fell from 77 to 76.4 years, that is, statistics like those in 1996.
Every age group had the same decline, including women, who live 79.9 years, six more than men.
Mortality rate of nearly all racial groups surge, except for non-Hispanic Asian men and non-Hispanic black men, with slight decline.
Among major causes of death are heart diseases, followed by cancer and Covid-19, which killed nearly 417,000 people in 2021, a 18.8% rise since 2020.
Drug overdose deaths have also climbed in the past two decades, CDC said.
In 2021, drug overdoses killed 106,699 people and, according to data, mortality rates increased among each Hispanic race and origin group.
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