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The Kid Should See This 🌈🪐✨
The Kid Should See This 🌈🪐✨
@tksst@fediscience.org  ·  activity timestamp last week

📈🧬 For the first time in #history, #US life expectancy has reached 79 years.

Beyond recovering from the #pandemic, researchers say we are seeing a significant drop in deaths from heart disease and drug overdoses as medical treatments and public #health efforts continue to improve.

👉 https://www.sciencealert.com/us-life-expectancy-broke-records-in-2024-and-could-still-be-climbing

#science #data #medicine #biology #STEM

ScienceAlert

US Life Expectancy Broke Records in 2024, And Could Still Be Climbing

NEW YORK (AP) – US life expectancy rose to 79 years in 2024 – the highest mark in American history.
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Edelruth In The Wrong Timeline
Edelruth In The Wrong Timeline
@Edelruth@mastodon.online replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

@tksst

Might this not be an artifact of so many elders dying during the initial rounds, and falling out of the data stream early?

A period of adjustment?

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