U.S. Life Expectancy Falls Further

News Brief: The pandemic continues to take a toll, but there are surprising nuances to the latest data

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Life expectancy in the United States fell from 78.86 years in 2019 to 76.99 years in 2020. That much we already knew. New data released today finds it fell further in 2021, to 76.60 years. That’s a net loss of 2.26 years in 2 years —…