Black life expectancy has not fallen so much in one year since the mid-1930s, during the Great Depression. Health officials have not tracked Hispanic life expectancy for nearly as long, but the 2020 decline was the largest recorded one-year drop. Life expectancy fell nearly two years for men, but about one year for women, widening a longstanding gap. Life expectancy bounced back after those drops, and experts believe it will this time, too. In 2021, we can't get back to pre-pandemic" life expectancy, said Noreen Goldman, a Princeton University researcher.

Source: CBC News July 21, 2021 15:45 UTC