STUDY: US And Russia Lead Decline In Life Expectancy

NBC News reports:

The United States had the second-steepest decline in life expectancy among high-income countries last year during the pandemic, according to a study of death data spanning several continents. The only country studied that saw a starker overall trend was Russia.

The study, published Wednesday in The BMJ (formerly the British Medical Journal), assessed premature death in 37 countries, comparing observed life expectancy in 2020 with what would have been expected for the year based on historical trends from 2005-2019.

Life expectancy dropped in 31 of these countries during the pandemic. The U.S. trend was among the worst. U.S. men saw life expectancy fall by nearly 2.3 years. Women lost more than 1.6 years of life expectancy.

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US had the second-steepest decline in life expectancy among high-income countries last year, according to a study of death data spanning several continents.

The findings suggest the US did a relatively poor job protecting young people during the pandemic. https://t.co/yWACEdSmDM

— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 3, 2021