Claim: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention  estimated that life expectancy fell by 1.5 years between 2019 and 2020, the biggest annual decline since 1943.
Fact-check: Did US Life Expectancy in 2020 See Biggest Decline Since WWII?
Verdict: true
Organisation: Snopes
Author: Dan Macguill
Date published: 2021-07-21T10:01:09