Average life expectancy in the United States fell for an entire year in the first half of 2020 • This is the largest decline since World War II
Funeral of Corona victim in the United States // Photo: Reuters
The average life expectancy in the United States dropped in the first half of 2020 to her son Shlomo, the U.S. National Center for Health Data, part of the U.S. Center for Disease Prevention, reported today (Thursday).
The main reason for the decline is coronary heart disease, which has caused more than half a million deaths in the country, and side effects of the disease like the collapse of the health system in some countries.
This is the largest decline in life expectancy in the United States since World War II.
"Boys who preceded the epidemic had a slight decline in life expectancy due to drug and drug overuse and apparently it is also a factor in the decline we are seeing, but it is not clear to what extent," explains Health Data Center spokesman Jeff Lancashire.
Lancashire explains that the corona is responsible for more than two-thirds of the excess mortality recorded in the first half of 2020 and the excess mortality is the main motive behind the decline in life expectancy.
According to the data, the group that suffers the most from excess mortality is black men, whose life expectancy has dropped by a mere three years on average.
Hispanic men recorded an average decrease of 2.4 years in life expectancy and are the second group to be hardest hit by the decline in life expectancy.