For the U.S. overall, life expectancy at birth was 77.0 years — a decrease of 1.8 years from the life expectancy of 78.8 years in 2020. Read more:
August 23, 2022, 12:01 AMEvery state saw a decline in life expectancy during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according toThe report, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics, looked at death data for 2020, the last year for which complete data is available.
For the United States overall, life expectancy at birth was 77.0 years -- a decrease of 1.8 years from the life expectancy of 78.8 years in 2020.When broken down by state, Hawaii had the highest life expectancy at 80.7 years while Mississippi had the lowest at 71.9 years, the report said. The report found that women had an overall higher life expectancy than men at 79.9 years compared to 74.2. What's more, in every state and D.C., women had a higher life expectancy than men, according to the report.
In Hawaii, men had a life expectancy of 77.6 years in 2020 and women had a life expectancy of 83.8 years. In Mississippi, men had a life expectancy of 68.6 years in comparison with the life expectancy of women at 75.2 years.The report also looked at life expectancy after adults reached age 65, when they are considered senior citizens. Overall, in the U.S., adults were projected to live an additional 18.5 years after reaching age 65 in 2020.
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