Life expectancy gap between men and women in the US widened significantly during the Covid-19 pandemic

Covid-19 was a key contributor to the growing gap in life expectancy among men and women in the United States, according to a new study. CNN —

Women in the United States can expect to live nearly six years longer than men, as disparities in deaths from Covid-19 and drug overdoses drive the life expectancy gap to the widest it’s been in decades.

Overall, life expectancy in the US fell more than two and a half years since the start of the pandemic — down to 76.1 years in 2021, according to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and […]

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