Research published in 2022 has revealed the significant impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on global life expectancy, showing a reduction of 1.6 years. This analysis, drawing on data from sources such as the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME_UW) and The Lancet, indicates that around 131 million people died from all causes during 2020-2021, with COVID-19 accounting for 16 million excess deaths. These findings underscore the pandemic's role in causing the most severe drop in life expectancy in over fifty years. In the United States, life expectancy at birth was estimated to have increased slightly to 77.5 years in 2022, up from 76.4 years in 2021, but still down 1.3 years from 78.8 years in 2019, before the pandemic began, according to the Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker. Additionally, a big data study highlighted in The Lancet pointed out that very few countries, such as New Zealand, managed to prevent excess deaths during the pandemic, while others like China, Germany, and Australia performed relatively well.
Big data study in the Lancet looking at global excess mortality due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021. Very few countries like New Zealand managed to prevent excess deaths. Some more did quite well (e.g. China, Germany, Australia). https://t.co/uS8Dkz7YfI https://t.co/Wdp9BTUJ4W
'In 2022, the CDC estimates life expectancy at birth in the U.S. increased to 77.5 years, up from 76.4 years in 2021, down 1.3 years from 78.8 years in 2019, before the pandemic.' -- Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker. (Maybe it will resume falling as Boomers are so obese.) https://t.co/LDKLyupF25
Covid continues to lower life expectancy https://t.co/czOvLgduwy
The number of potential years of life lost (PYLL) to obesity for those currently alive today in the US is estimated to be over 100 MILLION. This is similar in magnitude to the total number of PYLLs lost to suicide since 1900, the first year for which we have suicide data. š¤Æ
By 2022, #COVID pandemic had shaved 1.6 years from global life expectancy, research reveals About 131 million people died of any cause in 2020-2021, with 16 million COVID-related excess deaths. https://t.co/7Z3L1tzefy https://t.co/QKR9tllPg6
"The COVID-19 pandemic caused the most severe drops in life expectancy seen in 50+ years." https://t.co/IhjkbvL0mD @IHME_UW https://t.co/gjyRZU8EdN @TheLancet https://t.co/gSSFk17n34