U.S. life expectancy rose in 2022, but it remains below its pre-pandemic level
U.S. life expectancy rose last year — by more than a year — but still isn't close to what it was before the Covid-19 pandemic.
NEW YORK — U.S. life expectancy rose last year — by more than a year — but still isn’t close to what it was before the Covid-19 pandemic.
The 2022 rise was mainly due to the waning pandemic, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers said Wednesday. But even with the large increase, U.S. life expectancy is only back to 77 years, 6 months — about what it was two decades ago.
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