Life Expectancy Life expectancy fell a ‘shocking’ 1.8 years in 2020; COVID not sole culprit – Cronkite News 0 (0) U.S. life expectancy fell by an “unprecedented and shocking” 1.8 years between 2019 and 2020, a dramatic drop that experts say Camila Pedrosa | Cronkite News March 10, 2022