TY - JOUR T1 - US life expectancy still lags behind, despite small increase: Overall expectancy 78.7 years in 2018 JF - The Nation's Health JO - Nations Health SP - 1 LP - 15 VL - 50 IS - 2 AU - Aaron Warnick Y1 - 2020/04/01 UR - http://www.thenationshealth.org/content/50/2/1.1.abstract N2 - In January, the public health workforce received seemingly good news: After three years of decline, life expectancy in the U.S. increased slightly in 2018, with the improvement at least partially associated with falling opioid overdose deaths, officials said. ER -