[jonrick46]

Heroin overdoses?

[dragnet2]

Not quite. It's from obscene prices, crap ripoff insurance and or no insurance due to sky high prices, government involvement etc.

When i was kid, no one talked about insurance. Everyone seemed to be covered in their jobs, jobs which actually lasted until people retired, then they received a company retirement. Those days are long gone. A thing of past.

[Maine Mariner]

I was wondering about that. There is been an increase in the number of deaths from heroin (and relatives of heroin) in the state of Maine this past year. More pure stuff is available.

[HollyB]

Perhaps, but the over all decrease is not hugely significant, so it is most likely contributed to natural causes.

“On average, the overall life expectancy, for someone born in 2015, fell from 78.9 years to 78.8 years. The life expectancy for the average American man fell two-tenths of a year — from 76.5 to 76.3. For women, it dropped one-tenth — from 81.3 to 81.2 years.”