The USA ranks last in life expectancy among high-income countries. Since 2000, excess US mortality has been particularly concentrated in the working ages, which are also the ages hardest hit by the increase in drug deaths. This study measures the effect of drug-related mortality on the gap in life expectancy between the USA and other countries.

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毒品相关死亡对美国死亡率的不利影响。

在高收入国家中，美国的预期寿命排名倒数第二。自2000年以来，美国的过高死亡率特别集中在工作年龄，这也是药物死亡人数增加最严重的年龄。这项研究测量了药物相关死亡率对美国与其他国家之间预期寿命差距的影响。