The U.S. has a much higher average age than South

The U.S. has a much higher average age than South Africa. Remember that SA was very hard hit with AIDS and life expectancy is much lower there.

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life expectancy at birth for males declined from 62,4 in 2020 to 59,3 in 2021 (3,1-annual drop) and from 68,4 in 2020 to 64,6 for females (3,8-annual drop).

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U.S. life expectancy: declined from 78.8 years in 2019 to 77.3 years in 2020.