Summary: For the first time since 1993, life expectancy in the United States has dropped significantly for the entire population, not just certain groups. Americans can now expect to live 78.8 years, a significant drop of 0.1 year from last year. Women still expect to live longer than men; 81.2 years vs. 76.3 years, but both of those estimates were lower in 2015 than they were in 2014.
Analysis: This article was published by CNN on December 8, 2016. I found it very interesting that with the same diseases and illnesses that we had in 2014, were able to drop the life expectancy. Lat year in AP Human Geography, we learned about life expectancy and mortality rate throughout different years and in different countries. It is crazy to think that America decreases for the first time in 22 years. I have many question to ask on why so and what can we do to fix that.
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