Health Alert: U.S. life expectancy declines again as drug, suicide crises fuel a dismal trend not seen since World War I

A bleak series of reports from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed a nation still in the grip of escalating drug and suicide crises that caused life expectancy to decline in 2017. The data continued the longest sustained reduction in expected life span at birth in a century, an appalling performance not seen in the United States since 1915 through 1918. That four-year period included World War I and a flu pandemic that killed 675,000 people in the United States and perhaps 50 million worldwide.

Democracy Dies in Darkness     Health Alert Nov 29, 12:02 AM     U.S. life expectancy declines again as drug, suicide crises fuel a dismal trend not seen since World War I A bleak series of reports from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed a nation still in the grip of escalating drug and suicide crises that caused life expectancy to decline in 2017. The data continued the longest sustained reduction in expected life span at birth in a century, an appalling performance not seen in the United States since 1915 through 1918. That four-year period included World War I and a flu pandemic that killed 675,000 people in the United States and perhaps 50 million worldwide. Read more » Advertisement You received this email because you signed up for news alerts from The Washington Post. Manage my newsletters and alerts | Unsubscribe Privacy Policy | Help ©2018 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071