Life expectancy declines alarmingly in the United States

[ "The average life expectancy for Americans shortened by over seven months last year, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That decrease follows an already big decline of 1.8 years in 2020. As a result, the expected life span of someone born in the U.S. is now 76.4 years — the shortest it has been in nearly two decades. The two reports, released by the CDC on Thursday, show deaths from COVID-19 and drug overdoses, most notably synthetic opioids like fentanyl, were the primary drivers of the drop in life expectancy. 'It's not a good year for the data, let's put it that way," says CDC statistician Kenneth Kochanek. ' " ] NOTE : I will turn 76 on July 26, 2023 . A GOOD life is preferable to a LONG life. What is behind this depressing statistic ? Simple : we live in the long death agony of global capitalism. There is hardly a social injustice unconnected to CLASS inequality. American life expectancy is now at its lowest in nearly two decades NPR.ORG American life expectancy is now at its lowest in nearly two decades A new report shows the pandemic and the overdose crisis helped push down the average life exp