Covid-19 was the third-leading cause of death in 2020, driving a record rise in the death rate and a drop in life expectancy of nearly two years, the CDC says
Life expectancy at birth fell 1.8 years in 2020, from 78.8 years in 2019 to 77 years, the largest single-year decline in more than 75 years, since World War II. The death rate -- about 835 deaths per 100,000 people -- jumped nearly 17% from 2019, the sharpest increase in more than a century since the CDC has been tracking this data.
"As large as that share was in 2020, going to be larger in 2021," Woolf said."The share of deaths that could have been prevented in 2021 is going to be enormous."Death rates increased for each age group 15 years and older in 2020, according to the CDC data, and life expectancy was revised down from preliminary estimates. But infant mortality rates reached a record low. There were about 542 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2020, down about 3% from 2019.
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