After a historic drop in 2020, life expectancy in the United States took another significant hit in 2021, reported CNN. According to provisional data
After a historic drop in 2020, life expectancy in the United States took another significant hit in 2021, reported CNN. According to provisional data published Wednesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, life expectancy at birth dropped by nearly a year between 2020 and 2021, and by more than two and a half years overall since the Covid 19 pandemic. Life expectancy at birth fell to 76.1 years, the lowest it has been in the US since 1996, and the biggest 2-year decline in a century. Covid 19 was the driving factor, with deaths from the virus contributing to half of the decline from 2020 to 2021, according to the report from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics. The death rate from Covid-19 was higher in 2021 than it was in 2020, so it wasn’t particularly surprising that life expectancy would fall again, Bob Anderson, chief mortality statistician for the CDC, reported CNN.
Also, drug overdose deaths reached a record high in 2021, killing about 109,000 people. And deaths from unintentional injuries, about half of which are due to drug overdose, was the second-leading cause of the decline in life expectancy. Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, also said it wasn’t surprising, but it is frustrating. “It is distressing to see a continuing negative impact of drug overdose on the life expectancy of Americans. These deaths often occur in young adults and therefore represent a tragically high number of years of life lost and devastating impact on individuals, families, and communities,” she said. “We have the science and the tools available to help us reverse this trend and reduce the number of overdose deaths in this country. But these tools are not being used effectively,” as reported by CNN.
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In the last 24 hours 19 new cases of contagion and 1 death caused by Covid 19 were reported by State and Health Authorities. Contagion is being watched in Guanajuato and cases of contagion reported are below 20 in the last 24 hours, while there was 1 death reported. Authorities maintain the color of activities in the GREEN easing restrictions on activities, both leisure and work.
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