US Life Expectancy Ticked up in 2022 but Remains Below Pre-Pandemic Level: CDC

Published on November 29, 2023

Life expectancy for Americans increased between 2021 and 2022 following two consecutive years of decline, according to provisional data published on Nov. 28 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The report from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) shows that life expectancy—an estimation of how long a baby born in a particular year might be expected to live—rose in the United States from 76.4 in 2021 to 77.5 in 2022, marking a 1.1-year increase. Life expectancy estimates in the report are based on provisional mortality data for 2022 which is compared to final data for 2021 from the National Vital Statistics System based on death certificates “received, processed, and coded but not finalized by NCHS,” the report notes....

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