US Life Expectancy Drops for Second Year in a Row, Research Points to Opioids
Life expectancy in the United States has fallen for the second year in a row, dropping from 78.7 to 78.6 for babies born in 2016, data that contradicts a decline in overall U.S mortality rates. “This was the first time life expectancy in the U.S. has declined two years in a row since declines in 1962 and 1963,” the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) confirmed in a statement. “The new report shows the decline in life expectancy occurred despite an overall decline in U.S. mortality,” the statement added.
