Life expectancy in the U.S. is falling — and drug overdose deaths are soaring
From 2014 to 2016, death rates tied to drug overdoses soared 18 percent each year.
Life expectancy in the U.S. has fallen for the second year in a row, the first time it’s dropped for two consecutive years in more than half a century.
People born in the U.S. in 2016 could expect to live 78.6 years on average,
