COVID lowered life expectancy by 1.6 years worldwide: Study
- Life expectancy declined in 84 per cent of countries and territories during the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting its devastating potential impacts of novel pathogens.
- The impact of COVID-19 on adults worldwide has been more profound than any event in half a century, surpassing conflicts and natural disasters.
- Dr. Austin Schumacher from the University of Washington emphasizes the significant impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on global populations.
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Le Covid-19 a fait perdre un an et demi d’espérance de vie à l’humanité, selon une étude
A wide compilation of statistics published in "The Lancet" estimates that the excess mortality attributable to the pandemic between 2019 and 2021 is 15.9 million individuals. During this period, however, infant mortality continued to decline.
At least 16 million deaths worldwide and a huge number of infected. In terms of lives lost, Covid has caused a pandemic, with official data showing a reduction of 1.6 years in global life expectancy between 2019 and 2021, with a 'sudden reversal' in the upward trends recorded in previous years.
The average life expectancy, which had been steadily increasing for decades around the world, suddenly declined in 2020 and 2021 during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published Tuesday in The Lancet.
Covid lowered life expectancy by 1.6 years, study reveals
PARIS: Covid-19 caused the average life expectancy of people worldwide to fall by 1.6 years during the first two years of the pandemic, a more dramatic decline than previously thought, a major study said Tuesday.This marked a sharp reversal during a decadeslong rise in global life expectancy, according to hundreds of researchers sifting through data for the US-based Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)."For adults worldwide, the Co…
Covid-19 caused the life expectancy of adults worldwide to be reduced by 1.6 years in the first two years of the pandemic - 2020 and 2021 - according to a large-scale study by the American Institute for Health Measurement and Evaluation (IHME), published today in the professional medical journal Lancet.
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