Springfield Hospital: In the first corona year of 2020, nearly 350,000 Americans died of Sars-CoV-2 related deaths.
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The life expectancy in the United States in 2019 was 78.8 years, while in 2020 it was only 77.3 years. The last time there was a similar decline was nearly 80 years ago.
IIn the first corona year of 2020, Americans’ life expectancy has fallen more than any year since the end of World War II. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) observed a reduction in life expectancy by approximately one and a half years.
Life expectancy in 2019 is 78.8 years, while in 2020 it is only 77.3 years. The last time the highest health authority in the United States experienced a similar decline was nearly 80 years ago. In the war years of 1943, life expectancy in the United States dropped from 66.2 years in 1942 to 63.3 years.
According to data from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore (Maryland), nearly 350,000 Americans died of Sars-CoV-2 related deaths in the first corona year of 2020. During the pandemic, the number of fatal drug overdoses in the United States has also skyrocketed.
