By the numbers: Life expectancy for the U.S. population in 2020 was 77 years, a decrease of 1.8 years from 2019.

“In 2020, a total of 3,383,729 resident deaths were registered in the United States — 528,891 more deaths than in 2019,” the CDC said.

COVID-19 was responsible for the deaths of 350,831 people, approximately 10.4% of the total number of deaths last year