Native Americans’ life expectancy drops due to COVID-19

Life expectancy drops for Native Americans due to COVID-19

The pandemic reduced Native American life expectancy at birth from the already low 72 years in 2019 to about 67 years in 2020 and about 65 years in 2021 for both sexes combined.

Native Americans’ life expectancy drops due to COVID-19

Story at a glance Researchers compared life expectancy at birth in 2019 to 2020 and 2021 when COVID-19 cases were surging.  Native Americans’ loss in life expectancy at birth in 2020 was …

Researchers find decline in life expectancy among Native Americans due to COVID-19

Native Americans experienced disproportionately high rates of deaths from COVID-19 due to poverty, crowded housing, high rates of chronic disease, employment in frontline jobs, and limited access to quality health care.

Life expectancy drops for Native Americans due to COVID-19

The pandemic reduced Native American life expectancy at birth from the already low 72 years in 2019 to about 67 years in 2020 and about 65 years in 2021 for both sexes combined.

Life expectancy drops for Native Americans due to COVID-19

Native Americans have experienced disproportionately high rates of deaths from COVID-19 due to poverty, crowded housing, high rates of chronic disease, employment in frontline jobs, and limited access to quality health care.

Demographic Research - Life expectancy loss among Native Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic

Volume 47 (2022) - Article 9 | Pages 233–246