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Why is life expectancy falling in the USA?

More or Less: Behind the Stats

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The Importance of COVID in Life Expectancy

1 in 25 US 5 year olds will not make it to their 40th birthday, says Mary Pat Campbell. John removed the devastating impact of the pandemic from the overall numerical equation and found something surprising. From 1999 to 2014, there was an average 7.7% per year increase in drug overdose deaths. In 2020, 35% increase in one year. I mean, that's huge. It's huge. Yes.

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