Life Expectancy in the US Falls <br />for a Third Straight Year New data has shown that humans born in 2017 will live to an average age of 78.6. The figures come from the <br />National Center for Health Statistics at the CDC. According to the NCHS, <br />the age was 78.7 in 2016. The decline is the longest in U.S. history since 1915-1918 during <br />the Spanish Flu pandemic. One is drug overdoses, which <br />killed over 70,000 in 2017. From 2016 to 2017, the <br />CDC adds that overdoses related <br />to opioids jumped 30%. Another reason is the increase of deaths <br />related to liver disease. Excessive consumption of alcohol and obesity <br />are a couple of the main causes related <br />to the health issue. Throughout a decade-long period, the CDC says <br />the liver disease mortality rate <br />rose 8% for men annually.
