The United States’ gross domestic product is at an all-time high. Unfortunately, U.S. life expectancy is not.
Life expectancy has fallen for the second time in two years—from a high of 78.9 years in 2014 to 78.6 years in 2016. And it fell across the board—for men and women, whites, blacks, and Hispanics. Statistics show that thousands were preventable, premature deaths.
