The World Health Organization (WHO) has released its World Health Statistics 2024 report, revealing significant impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on global health. The pandemic has reduced global life expectancy by nearly two years, bringing it down to 61.9 years in 2021, effectively erasing a decade of progress. In some reports, the reduction is noted as 1.8 years, bringing life expectancy to 71.4 years. COVID-19 was among the top three leading causes of death globally in 2020 and 2021, responsible for 13 million lives lost. In the Americas, it was the number one cause of death. The pandemic also reversed previous trends of shifting disease burdens to noncommunicable diseases, highlighting the severe and widespread impact on population health.
🚨COVID-19 REVERSED DECADE OF LIFE EXPECTANCY GAINS The WHO reported that COVID-19 reversed a decade of life expectancy gains, returning levels to 2012. Global life expectancy dropped from 73.1 years in 2019 to 71.4 years in 2021. The Americas and South-East Asia lost about 3… https://t.co/dKEiZGwWQz
Covid pandemic cut global life expectancy by nearly two years: WHO https://t.co/RuSaSGAiij via @medical_xpress "Covid-19 had a 'more profound impact' on life expectancy than any other event over the past half century."
Global Life Expectancy Dropped By 2 Years Due To Covid: WHO https://t.co/GpnD7RkYoR
The same @WHO that rushed the end of the pandemic back in May of 2023 now tells us that #COVID wiped out nearly a decade of progress in improving life expectancy. 🤦 https://t.co/CUzEGitDEe
Global life expectancy fell by 1.8 years to 71.4 due to #Covid19, erasing a decade of gains. (Reports @RamblingBrook) https://t.co/W5Ty7Bx46g
“Not only has the pandemic set back healthy longevity worldwide by years, it also reversed the previous trends of shifting disease burden to noncommunicable diseases.” https://t.co/hwYvV0t4AQ
WHO: #COVID19Pandemic reversed decade of life expectancy gains via @CIDRAP https://t.co/0yn1i0y4xe Report: #COVID19 eliminated a decade of progress in global level of life expectancy https://t.co/InHx3Ss82M
WHO: COVID-19 pandemic reversed decade of life expectancy gains In 2020 and 2021, COVID-19 was the top cause of death for the region of the Americas. https://t.co/8LTM4O3Xt0 https://t.co/u6mJ41YPek
Life expectancy dropped by nearly two years during the COVID-19 pandemic, eliminating a decade of progress 🦠🌎 https://t.co/S8KWTKG7wk
NEW: Covid pandemic cut global life expectancy by nearly two years: WHO https://t.co/Mxot2rnEWj
WHO Report: COVID-19 Reduces Global Life Expectancy by 2 Years to 61.9, Eliminates Decade of Progress https://t.co/NIm1E5J7kK
#Covid19 cut global life expectancy by almost two years when it raged from 2019 to 2021, wiping out a decade of progress, the #WorldHealthOrganization said #WHO #pandemic https://t.co/gVWL48uJ5S
#COVID19 ranked among the top 3 leading causes of death globally in 2020 and 2021, responsible for 13 million lives lost. In most regions of the world, it was among the top 5 causes of death. In the Americas, it was the number 1 cause of death. 📊 https://t.co/59lqz3qPuy https://t.co/Sc906oiv4F
The #COVID19 pandemic reduced global life expectancy by almost 2 years–wiping out a decade of progress made in improving population health. Global healthy life expectancy dropped to 61.9 years in 2021 ⬇️ We are now back at the level of 2012. 📊 https://t.co/mQj9P65Upb https://t.co/dDi3u8zLLK
#COVIDー19 eliminated a decade of progress in global level of life expectancy, @WHO study finds. https://t.co/bnIHdWAH0a
Facts & figures from the world’s report card on health: ↘️ global life expectancy 🔝 biggest killer diseases ❓ death toll from the #COVID19 pandemic ❗️ increasing rates of obesity, undernutrition More in the World Health Statistics 2024 report: 📊 https://t.co/mQj9P65Upb https://t.co/BjpBeed3iR
“Global Life Expectancy, Disease Burden Set to Keep Improving.” “Improvement in life expectancy is expected at a slower pace than in the decades preceding the COVID-19 pandemic.” https://t.co/0t3Uw6Sh2H
“Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022–2050: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021.” https://t.co/fCquP8ndXx
Ahead of #WorldObesityDay ⭕ 2024, new global estimates on #malnutrition were published in @TheLancet by the #NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC), in collaboration with the @WHO. ➡️ Find out more: https://t.co/hm3tYK266F #obesity https://t.co/Ah7mTiJHdy