Source: The Hill
“U.S. life expectancy rose last year to its highest level since the COVID-19 pandemic, while death rates fell for almost all the top causes, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data. Life expectancy at birth was 78.4 years for the total U.S. population in 2023, according to the report released Thursday, an increase of nearly a full year from 77.5 years in 2022. The report showed women continue to live longer than men. For men, life expectancy increased a full year to nearly 76 in 2023. For women, life expectancy was a little more than 81 years in 2023. But while it’s rebounded, life expectancy hasn’t yet reached pre-pandemic levels after it fell off sharply from 78.8 years in 2019 to 76.4 in 2021.” (12/19/24)
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5048902-cdc-life-expectancy-death-rates/