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August 24, 2022 — Life expectancy in the United States fell 1.8 years in 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new federal government figures.
All 50 states and the District of Columbia have seen declining life expectancies, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions National Center for Health Statistics report.
The declines were primarily due to COVID-19 and unintentional injuries, such as drug overdoses.
The overall drop pushed national life expectancy from 78.8 years in 2019 to 77 years in 2020, the first year of the pandemic, ABC News reported.
Western and Northwestern states generally had higher life expectancies, with southern states having the lowest.
Hawaii had the highest life expectancy at 80.7 years. It was followed by Washington, Minnesota, California and Massachusetts. Mississippi had the lowest at 71.9, the numbers show. The others in the bottom five were West Virginia, Louisiana, Alabama and Kentucky.
In 2020, COVID-19 was the third leading cause of death, resulting in more than 350,000 deaths, the CDC reported earlier this year. At the same time, more and more people are dying of drug overdoses every year. A record 83,500 fatal overdoses were reported in 2020.
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