Life expectancy in the United States has plummeted for a second year in a row due in part to the coronavirus pandemic. It is the sharpest two-year drop in nearly a century. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, the life expectancy of the average American is now 76 years — down from 79 before the pandemic. Life expectancy for Indigenous peoples has fallen to just 65 years — that’s a 6.5-year decrease since the pandemic began.