/tags/life-expectancy Life Expectancy en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Wed, 31 Aug 2022 12:11:01 GMT /health/2022-08-31/life-expectancy-in-the-u-s-continues-to-drop-driven-by-covid-19 Americans' life expectancy dropped for the second year in a row and is the biggest drop since the 1920s. COVID-19 is driving the downward trend, according to CDC data. Wed, 31 Aug 2022 12:11:01 GMT /health/2022-08-31/life-expectancy-in-the-u-s-continues-to-drop-driven-by-covid-19 Jane Greenhalgh, Selena Simmons-Duffin /covid-19/2021-07-21/u-s-life-expectancy-fell-by-1-5-years-in-2020-the-biggest-drop-since-wwii The CDC says COVID-19 was the largest factor, along with drug overdoses, homicides, diabetes and chronic liver disease. The decline was even greater for Hispanic men. Wed, 21 Jul 2021 17:54:59 GMT /covid-19/2021-07-21/u-s-life-expectancy-fell-by-1-5-years-in-2020-the-biggest-drop-since-wwii Jane Greenhalgh /health/2019-10-01/theres-a-nearly-20-year-difference-in-life-expectancy-between-parts-of-west-and-east-austin There are vast differences when it comes to life expectancies between neighborhoods in Austin, according to new research from the Episcopal Health� Tue, 01 Oct 2019 19:30:17 GMT /health/2019-10-01/theres-a-nearly-20-year-difference-in-life-expectancy-between-parts-of-west-and-east-austin Ashley Lopez