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US life expectancy drops again as overdose deaths climb

A US government report showed the average life span in America dropped to 78.6 years, a decrease of 0.1 year from 2016. [AFP/File / Don EMMERT]

Life expectancy in the United States dropped yet again as drug overdose deaths continued to climb -- taking more than 70,000 lives in 2017 -- and suicides rose, a US government report said Thursday.

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