Life expectancy rates in the United States have been increasing for most of the past 60 years. But a new study has confirmed changes. It found that U.S. life expectancy rates decreased for three years in a row after 2014. The main cause appears to be higher rates of death among middle-aged Americans. A report on the study appeared last week in JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association. The report notes that, among working-age Americans, death rates for all causes increased between 2010 and 2017. The main reasons were drug overdoses, alcohol abuse, suicides, and organ system diseases, such as diabetes.
Title: Life Expectancy Declines in the United States
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2014.</span> <span data-start-time='22708' data-end-time='30333'>The main cause appears to be higher rates of death among middle-aged Americans.</span> <span data-start-time='30333' data-end-time='41396'>A report on the study appeared last week in JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association.</span> <span data-start-time='41396' data-end-time='53438'>The report notes that, among working-age Americans, death rates for all causes increased between 2010 and 2017.</span> <span data-start-time='53438' data-end-time='64938'>The main reasons were drug overdoses, alcohol abuse, suicides, and organ system diseases, such as diabetes.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' 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