Ah, lifespans. They ain’t what they used to be.
Two disturbing studies have shown that life expectancy in the U.S. is on the wane, as more people die from illnesses, and that wealthy Americans have a substantially longer lifespan than poor Americans.
The National Center for Health Statistics, reported the Huffington Post, released a study showing that in 2015, Americans’ mortality rate from a variety of illnesses rose sufficiently to drive down life expectancy for the first time in more than 20 years. While the drop wasn’t large, at 0.1 percent, it marks a move in the wrong direction. In 2014, life expectancy was 78.9 years at birth, but in 2015, that slid to 78.8 years.
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