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| In the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the estimated American lifespan has shortened by nearly three years. The last comparable decrease happened in the early 1940s, during the height of World War II.在新冠疫情暴发后的前两年，美国人均预期寿命缩短了近三年。上一次类似的下降发生在20世纪40年代初，即第二次世界大战高潮时期。 |
| “It’s a dismal situation. It was bad before and it’s gotten worse,” said Samuel Preston, a University of Pennsylvania demographer.宾夕法尼亚大学人口统计学家塞缪尔·普雷斯顿说：“这个情况令人沮丧。以前的情况很糟糕，现在更糟。” |
| US life expectancy rose for decades, but progress stalled before the pandemic.几十年来，美国的人均预期寿命保持增长，但疫情前开始下降。 |
| The last time it was that low was in 1996.与1996年的美国人均预期寿命相同。 |
| Experts say there are many possible reasons for such differences, including lack of access to quality health care, lower vaccination rates, and a greater share of the population in lower-paying jobs that required them to keep working when the pandemic was at its worst.专家表示，可能造成这种差异的原因有很多，包括缺乏高质量的医疗服务、疫苗接种率较低，以及在疫情最严重的时候，更多从事低薪工作的人需要坚持工作。 |
| Findings in the report:调查结果： |
| —COVID-19 deaths were the main reason for the decline. The second largest contributor was deaths from accidental injuries — primarily from drug overdoses, which killed a record-breaking 107,000 Americans last year.-新冠疫情是美国人均预期寿命下降的主要原因。第二大致死原因是意外伤害，其中以药物滥用为主。2021年有107000名美国人死于意外伤害，创历史新高。 |
| —Hispanic Americans had seen a huge drop in life expectancy in 2020 — four years. But in 2021, life expectancy for them dropped by about two months, to about 77 years, 7 months. -西班牙裔美国人的预期寿命在2020年大幅缩短4年，而在2021年缩短了约两个月，降至约77岁7个月。 |
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