Author: Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn / Source: did you know?
The CDC is reporting a decrease in life expectancy from 78.7 to 78.6 years, which might not seem like much until you realize it’s part of a continuing trend. That makes it much more alarming. We are making so much progress defeating killers like cancer, heart disease, and stroke…so why are we dying younger?
Well, the CDC is obviously concerned and investigating, and they’ve identified the major reasons Americans are dying younger than they have in decades.
While we’ve been gaining ground against those traditional diseases, we’ve been losing traction in three areas since 2014 – suicide, drug overdoses, and liver disease (attached to alcoholism).
Bottom line? More and more Americans are essentially killing themselves, causing a decline in life expectancy like we haven’t seen since WWI and the Spanish…
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