Thursday, December 21, 2017

U.S. life expectancy drops for a second year as drug deaths spike

U.S. life expectancy increased between 2000 and 2015. But according to a research letter, drug poisoning deaths from opioids stunted those gains. Health researchers have some grim news for Americans: We are dying younger, and life expectancy is now down for the second straight year — something not seen in more than half a century.

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