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From their analysis, the cause of the cliff is explicitly deaths due to drug overdose.
by codefreeordie 4y ago
From their analysis, the cause of the cliff is explicitly deaths due to drug overdose.
- jfengel 4y agoThe CDC disagrees: "The declines in life expectancy since 2019 are largely driven by the pandemic. COVID-19 deaths contributed to nearly three-fourths or 74% of the decline from 2019 to 2020 and 50% of the decline from 2020 to 2021. " https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/nchs_press_releases/2022/20220831.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/nchs_press_releases/2022/... Drug overdoses were significant, but much less than COVID: "An estimated 16% of the decline in life expectancy from 2020 to 2021 can be attributed to increases in deaths from accidents/unintentional injuries. Drug overdose deaths account for nearly half of all unintentional injury deaths."
- retrac 4y agoYes, for 2020 to 2021. But American life expectancy has been on the decline for about 10 years now, and the decline was already accelerating before COVID-19 hit. This is visible on the charts in the article. Drug overdoses do account for much of the decline from 2010 to now.
- PeterStuer 4y agoObesity is still number one by a large margin according to the article, -1.4y vs -1y for opioids.