US Life Expectancy Stalled At Nearly 79.

The AP (12/9, Stobbe) reports that a CDC report “based on all the 2014 death certificates” reveals that US life expectancy “has stalled for three straight years.” A baby born in 2014 “can expect to make it to 78 years and 9½ months – the same prediction made for the previous two years.” It remains unclear “why life expectancy has been flat lately, but suicides and fatal drug overdoses probably are playing a role, experts believe.” http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_LIFE_EXPECTANCY?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2015-12-09-01-40-54