The rapid decline in US life expectancy also coincides with covid, so I would think far more than gun violence that drop has to do with covid policies, access to healthcare (inequality), and the prevalence of comorbidities.
Gun deaths in the US are nuts, but I don't think they're what's changing.
https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/...g-202210202835
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Why is life expectancy falling in the US?
COVID-19, drug overdoses, and accidental injury accounted for about two-thirds of the decline in life expectancy, according to the 2022 report. Other reasons included heart and liver disease and suicides.
The drop in life expectancy would have been even greater if not for a bit of good news: decreases in deaths from chronic lung disease, pneumonia, influenza, and Alzheimer’s disease.
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It’s notable, for example, that some of the states with the lowest life expectancies are also the ones with the most uninsured residents and, yet, have turned down Medicaid expansion.
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