The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday announcedthe U.S. life expectancy fell to its lowest in decades, dropping to 76.1 years in 2021-the lowest it has been since 1996-from 77 years in 2020. It is the biggest two-year decline in a century.
Dr. Clyde Yancy, chief of cardiology in the department of medicine and vice dean for diversity and inclusion at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and a Northwestern Medicine physician, broke down the steep declines by race, explained the root causes and offered solutions going forward.
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