Sunday, December 22, 2024

U.S. Sees Rise in Life Expectancy

U.S. life expectancy rose last year, hitting its highest level since the beginning of the Covid pandemic, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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U.S. Deaths Are Down and Life Expectancy Is Up, but Improvements Are Slowing www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth ...

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-- Timothy McBride (@mcbridetd.bsky.social) December 19, 2024 at 5:21 PM

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States with the lowest life expectancy from birth were:

Mississippi: 70.9 years
West Virginia: 71 years
Alabama: 72 years
Louisiana: 72.2 years
Kentucky: 72.3 years

The GQP is a death cult.

#1 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2024-12-22 12:51 PM

Meanwhile, IQ levels and mental health life expectancy continues to decline precipitously.

#2 | Posted by NerfHerder at 2024-12-22 01:18 PM

Me, three years ago:

The current drops in life expectancy are due to two historical blips: the opioid crisis, which killed fewer, but they were younger so they might lose decades of their life, and Covid, which killed more, but usually folks either older or infirm, taking maybe two years of life from them on average.

Expect stories about surprising jumps in life expectancy over the next few years.
~2021

#3 | Posted by Danforth at 2024-12-22 01:32 PM

Don't worry. The Musk/Trump Administration will fix that.

#4 | Posted by ClownShack at 2024-12-22 01:42 PM

Good.

#5 | Posted by TaoWarrior at 2024-12-22 02:37 PM

@#5

I agree. It is A Good Thing to see the overall life expectancy of the US increase.

The medical profession s moving us in the right direction.

#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-12-22 06:03 PM

@#3

Point taken.

Is the current rise just due to the blips you mention? Or is athe start/continuation of a trend?

#7 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-12-22 06:06 PM

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