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Amid the lamentations about America’s healthcare system, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week reported some good news you might have missed. Lo, life expectancy in the U.S. hit a record in 2024 as death rates for heart disease, cancer, Covid and drug overdoses fell.
U.S. life expectancy at birth increased to 79 years in 2024, up 0.6 years from 2023 and 0.2 years higher than in 2019. The statistic reflects the average number of years newborns are expected to live if mortality trends stay constant over their lifespans. Life expectancy shifts when death rates change.
In the decade before the pandemic, life expectancy stalled at about 78.5 years amid an increase in drug overdose deaths. Then Covid, alongside a surge in drug overdoses and homicide, caused life expectancy to fall to 76.4 years in 2021. In 2024 America fully recovered from the pandemic decline, and death rates decreased from the top causes of death.
Age-adjusted mortality fell in 2024 for unintentional injuries including overdoses (14.4% lower), as well as for kidney disease (3.8%), diabetes (3.1%), chronic lower respiratory diseases (3%), heart disease (2.8%), suicide (2.8%), chronic liver disease (2.3%), Alzheimer’s disease (2.2%), cancer (1.7%) and stroke (1%). Death rates fell for all age groups and fell the most among those ages 15 to 44.
U.S. life expectancy at birth increased to 79 years in 2024, up 0.6 years from 2023 and 0.2 years higher than in 2019. The statistic reflects the average number of years newborns are expected to live if mortality trends stay constant over their lifespans. Life expectancy shifts when death rates change.
In the decade before the pandemic, life expectancy stalled at about 78.5 years amid an increase in drug overdose deaths. Then Covid, alongside a surge in drug overdoses and homicide, caused life expectancy to fall to 76.4 years in 2021. In 2024 America fully recovered from the pandemic decline, and death rates decreased from the top causes of death.
Age-adjusted mortality fell in 2024 for unintentional injuries including overdoses (14.4% lower), as well as for kidney disease (3.8%), diabetes (3.1%), chronic lower respiratory diseases (3%), heart disease (2.8%), suicide (2.8%), chronic liver disease (2.3%), Alzheimer’s disease (2.2%), cancer (1.7%) and stroke (1%). Death rates fell for all age groups and fell the most among those ages 15 to 44.
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