nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor2 670N|||American Life Expectancy Dropped By A Full Year In The First Half Of 2020||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||The group that suffered the largest drop in life expectancy was Black males — a decline of 3 years. Hispanic males also saw a large decrease, with a decline of 2.4 years.

Patrice Howard writes on white flags before planting them to remember her recently deceased father and close friends in November at “IN AMERICA How Could This Happen…,” a public art installation in Washington, D.C. Led by artist Suzanne Firstenberg, volunteers planted white flags in a field to symbolize each life lost to COVID-19 in the U.S.

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American Life Expectancy Dropped By A Full Year In The First Half Of 2020

The group that suffered the largest drop in life expectancy was Black males — a decline of 3 years. Hispanic males also saw a large decrease, with a decline of 2.4 years.