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		elicash 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: New research reveals longevity gains slowing, life... My understanding was that life expectancy has been declining for like a while, not merely slowing in gains -- first because of opioids and then because of COVID. Edit: In the U.S. that is.

hollerith 7 months ago [–]

>life expectancy has been declining

Only in the US whereas the OP "analyzed life expectancy for 23 high-income and low-mortality countries".

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