COVID drives U.S. life expectancy down nearly a full year

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COVID drives U.S. life expectancy down nearly a full year
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Together with recent data showing life expectancy fell 1.8 years between 2019 and 2020, that means life expectancy at birth fell by 2.7 years over two years — the largest two-year decline since 1921–1923.

Life expectancy at birth in the U.S.It's the latest evidence of the toll the COVID pandemic took on Americans' health and takes the U.S. life expectancy at birth to its lowest level — 76.1 years — since 1996.

The losses were offset in part by decreases in deaths attributed to the flu and pneumonia, which is likely tied to COVID mitigation measures such as masking and social distancing.

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