![]() In the United States, this rate “changed from 589.5 infant deaths per 100,000 live births in 2015 to 587.0 in 2016, but this change was not statistically significant. It seems to be leveling off to some extent, and as a result, the drug overdose deaths are more prominent in the overall picture of mortality.”Ī country’s infant mortality rate (the number of births compared with the number of deaths of children under age 1) “is generally regarded as a good indicator of the overall health of a population,” according to the report. Life expectancy in the US fell from 78.9 years in 2019 to 76.6 years in 2021. “What’s happened in recent years, since about 2010 or so, is a substantial slowdown in the rate of decline for cardiovascular mortality. ![]() ![]() For the 2010, the latest data available, the life expectancy for men of all races is 76.2 years and 81.1 years for women. “In the past, those increases have been more than completely offset by declines in cardiovascular mortality,” such as heart disease and stroke, he said. Updated Novem Infoplease Staff Learn the life expectancy (measured at birth) of American men and women, differentiated by race. According to the state of Hawaii has the highest male/female combined average life expectancy at 81 years while Mississippi has the lowest average at 75 years. Opioids now kill more people than breast cancer The average life expectancy in the US today is 82 years for women and 79 years for men. Oxycodone is the generic name for a range of opioid painkillers Shutterstock ID 706837198 Job: - Victor Moussa/Shutterstock Opioid epidemic, drug abuse concept with closeup on two heroin syringes or other narcotics surrounded by scattered prescription opioids. ![]()
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