US Life Expectancy in 2020, Had Largest Decline <br />Since World War II.<br />In 2020, the average life expectancy in <br />the United States fell by a year and a half <br />to 77 years and four months.<br />The life expectancy for Black and <br />Hispanic Americans dropped by nearly three years.<br />The drop in life expectancy for <br />Black Americans was the most significant <br />since the Great Depression.<br />For white Americans, <br />it fell by 1.2 years.<br />Deaths from COVID-19 were the <br />greatest contributor to the "basically catastrophic" <br />drop in U.S. life expectancy.<br />Of the 3.3 million Americans who died in 2020, <br />11 percent died from COVID-19.<br />In addition to COVID-19, <br />drug overdoses played a major role <br />when it came to deaths among white Americans.<br />Life expectancy is considered a general <br />representation of the health of a particular nation.<br />Experts say that while it is likely that <br />life expectancy in the U.S. will recover from this drop, <br />it could take several years
