Between COVID, the Opiate overdose epidemic and the highest murder rate since the crack epidemic the life expectancy declined a bit last year again.
Life Expectancy in the U.S. Dropped for the Second Year in a Row in 2021 (cdc.gov) (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/nchs_press_releases/2022/20220831.htm#:~:text=That%20decline%20%E2%80%93%2077.0%20to%2076.1,its%20lowest%20level%20since%201996.)
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/04/26/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-u-s/
US life expectancy problem is 'bigger than we ever thought,' report finds (msn.com) (https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/us-life-expectancy-problem-is-bigger-than-we-ever-thought-report-finds/ar-AA1c1vxH?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=380f58b9f786460997d5ff003a84f2f9&ei=62)