>https://www.statnews.com/2017/12/21/life-expectancy-drug-overdose/
Life expectancy in the U.S. is falling — and drug overdose deaths are soaring
By MEGAN THIELKING DECEMBER 21, 2017
Life expectancy in the U.S. has fallen for the second year in a row, the first time it’s dropped for two consecutive years in more than half a century.
The report also found death rates — calculated from the number of deaths per 100,000 people — actually rose among young adults between 2015 and 2016.
And while the authors didn’t draw a direct link, another report also released Thursday by the CDC found an estimated 63,600 people died of drug overdoses in 2016.
Two-thirds of those deaths were caused by opioids.
Adults between the ages of 25 and 54 had the highest rate of drug overdose death.