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# U.S. life expectancy drops sharply, the second consecutive decline
- URL: https://werd.io/us-life-expectancy-drops-sharply-the-second-consecutive-decline/
- Published: 2022-08-31T20:52:13.000Z
- Updated: 2022-08-31T20:52:13.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:23

“American Indian and Alaskan Native people have experienced a particularly precipitous drop in life expectancy since 2019, going from 71.8 to 65.2 years. This kind of loss is similar to the plunge seen for all Americans after the Spanish Flu.” [#Health](https://werd.io/tag/Health)

\[[Link](https://www.statnews.com/2022/08/31/u-s-life-expectancy-drops-sharply-the-second-consecutive-decline/)\]