Life expectancy gap widens among Black and white Chicagoans during first year of pandemic; Latinos suffer steepest drop

COVID-19 deaths drove much of the change but wasn’t the leading factor for it. The deadly virus was second to heart disease deaths — which increased with other chronic diseases like diabetes.

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