The U.S. life expectancy rate is now at the lowest level since 1996, according to the report.
WASHINGTON — The life expectancy for Americans dropped for the second year in a row, according to new data released by the National Center for Health Statistics on Wednesday.
Americans lost a little less than a full year last year, with life expectancy dropping from 77 years in 2020 to 76.1 years in 2021. Goldman studies health and survival and much of her work during the pandemic has been focused on racial and ethnic disparities and how COVID-19 has impacted survival.“We have high vaccine refusal,” said Goldman. “Low uptake of booster shots. We have a population of high rates of chronic disease. We had no nationally coordinated effort of dealing with the pandemic. Different localities and states kind of went their own way.
“It’s pretty sobering,” said Rachel Robinson, a professor in the School of International Service at American University. “We’re the wealthiest country on earth and yet we have lower life expectancy of similarly advantaged countries.”
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