Average life expectancy of people falls by 1.6 years due to Covid

Paris (France): 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 decades-long rise in global life expectancy, according to hundreds of researchers sifting through data for the US-based Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.
‘For adults worldwide, the Covid-19 pandemic has had a more profound impact than any event seen in half a century, including conflicts and natural disasters,’ said Austin Schumacher, an IHME researcher and lead author of the study published in The Lancet journal, reports AFP.
During 2020-2021, life expectancy declined in 84 per cent of the 204 countries and territories analysed, ‘demonstrating the devastating potential impacts’ of new viruses, he said in a statement. The rate of death for people over 15 rose by 22 per cent for men and 17 per cent for women during this time, the researchers estimated.
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