From 2019 to 2020, the life expectancy for Chicago residents dropped by almost two years – one of the sharpest single-year decreases on record, according to city officials.
Life expectancy in Chicago dropped by almost two years from 2019 to 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Chicago Department of Public Health.The decline marks one of the sharpest single-year decreases on record.
The city also saw higher than expected increases in deaths from accidents like overdoses and car crashes in 2020, as well as homicides, according to officials. Latino Chicagoans saw a three-year drop in life expectancy – the steepest drop for any age group – while Asian/Pacific Islanders and Whites saw life expectancy drops of two years and one year, respectively.
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