There is also seasonality in death patterns, with more deaths generally happening in winter than summer. One is that the data is from the first six months of 2020 – so it does not reflect the entirety of the COVID-19 pandemic. Its authors point out a few limitations in these estimates. Because the NCHS wanted to assess the effects of 2020's increase in deaths, for the first time it published its life expectancy tables based on provisional death certificate data, rather than final counts. based on provisional death counts for January to June 2020. The report estimated life expectancy in the U.S. Women tend to live longer than men, and in the first half of 2020, that margin grew: The difference in their life expectancy widened to 5.4 years, from 5.1 in 2019. The life expectancy decline was less pronounced among non-Hispanic whites: Males in that group had a decline of life expectancy of 0.8 years, while for white females the decline was 0.7 years. Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, Black and Latino Americans have died from COVID-19 at disproportionately high rates. 4 Life expectancy in 2019 Past life expectancy, 19602018 Life Expectancy in the U.S. But it's not the only one: A surge in drug overdose deaths are a part of the decline, too. The Washington Post noted in November 2018 that overall life expectancy in the United States was declining although in 2018 life expectancy had a slight increase of 0.1 and bringing it to having not changed since 2010. life expectancy between January and June 2020, the CDC says. For females, life expectancy declined to 80.5 years, a 0.9 year decrease from 2019.ĭeaths from COVID-19 are the main factor in the overall drop in U.S. For males, the life expectancy at birth was 75.1 – a decline of 1.2 years from 2019. population was 77.8 years – a decline of 1 year from 78.8 in 2019. Life expectancy at birth for the total U.S. life expectancy dropped by a year in the first half of 2020, according to a new report from the National Center for Health Statistics, a part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Led by artist Suzanne Firstenberg, volunteers planted white flags in a field to symbolize each life lost to COVID-19 in the U.S. Patrice Howard writes on white flags before planting them to remember her recently deceased father and close friends in November at "IN AMERICA How Could This Happen.," a public art installation in Washington, D.C.
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