3. Life expectancy drops in the U.S. for third year in a row

Older millennials between 25 and 34 years old saw the highest increase in death rates. The only age group to see a significant decrease in its death rate was 45- to 54-year-olds.

• CDC Director Robert R. Redfield, M.D. said in a statement, "Life expectancy gives us a snapshot of the Nation’s overall health and these sobering statistics are a wakeup call that we are losing too many Americans, too early and too often, to conditions that are preventable."

The gender gap: Women's life expectancy in the U.S. has remained unchanged at 81.1 years since 2015. Men, who have had higher numbers of opioid overdose deaths and higher rates of suicide over the past few years, saw their life expectancies drop from 76.5 in 2014 to 76.1 in 2017.

• Heart disease and cancer remain the leading causes of death in the U.S.
• Suicide rates have continued to climb, increasing 33% from 1999 to 2017, according to the CDC.
• Drug overdose deaths also increased over the past year from 63,632 to 70,237

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