Pandemic drives largest decrease in U.S. life expectancy since 1943
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/06/210623193952.htm
The numbers are even worse for people of color. On average, whereas life expectancy among white Americans decreased by 1.36 years in 2020, it decreased by 3.25 years in Black Americans and 3.88 years in Hispanic Americans.
The data will be released June 23 in The BMJ, a journal published by the British Medical Association.
Pandemic drives largest decrease in U.S. life expectancy since 1943
Jun 24, 2021, 12:39pm UTC
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/06/210623193952.htm
> The numbers are even worse for people of color. On average, whereas life expectancy among white Americans decreased by 1.36 years in 2020, it decreased by 3.25 years in Black Americans and 3.88 years in Hispanic Americans.
> The data will be released June 23 in The BMJ, a journal published by the British Medical Association.