U.S. Life Expectancy Falls For The First Time This Century

Life expectancy declined for the total U.S. population between 2014 and 2015, falling from 78.9 years to 78.8 years, according to the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It’s the first time U.S. life expectancy has decreased since 1999, which was around the same time that the HIV/AIDS health crisis began to subside.

The NCHS study assessed overall life expectancy in two ways: from birth and age-adjusted from 65 years. The death rate for the latter increased among non-Hispanic white males, non-Hispanic . . .