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    Life expectancy in the U.S. continues to drop, driven by COVID-19

    Americans' life expectancy dropped for the second year in a row and is now the lowest it's been since the 1920s. COVID-19 is driving the downward trend, according to CDC data.
    by Jane Greenhalgh Aug 31, 2022 2 minutes
    <em></em>Flags at the Washington Monument commemorate Americans who died from COVID-19. In 2021, life expectancy in the U.S. fell for the second year in a row.

    Life expectancy in the U.S. fell in 2021, for the second year in a row.

    In 2019, someone born in the U.S. had a life expectancy of nearly 80 years. In 202o, because of the pandemic, that dropped to 77 years. In 2021 life-span dropped again — to 76.1 years. And for some Americans, life expectancy is

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