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More than 28 million excess years of life were lost in 2020 in 31 countries, with a higher rate in men than women. Excess years of life lost associated with the covid-19 pandemic in 2020 were more than five times higher than those associated with the seasonal influenza epidemic in 2015.
This was conclusions of a study reported in British Medical Journal earlier this week .
Objective of the study was to estimate the changes in life expectancy and years of life lost in 2020 associated with the covid-19 pandemic.
Setting was 37 upper-middle and high income countries or regions with reliable and complete mortality data.
To arrive at the conclusions all cause mortality data from the Human Mortality Database for 2005-20, harmonised and disaggregated by age and sex.
Results
Reduction in life expectancy in men and women was observed in all the countries studied except New Zealand, Taiwan, and Norway, where there was a gain in life expectancy in 2020. No evidence was found of a change in life expectancy in Denmark, Iceland, and South Korea.
The highest reduction in life expectancy was observed in Russia where about 2.5 years difference was seen in men and for women: −2.14, −2.25 to −2.03).
The United States (men: −2.27, −2.39 to −2.15; women: −1.61, −1.70 to −1.51).
Bulgaria (men: −1.96, −2.11 to −1.81; women: −1.37, −1.74 to −1.01), Lithuania (men: −1.83, −2.07 to −1.59; women: −1.21, −1.36 to −1.05), Chile (men: −1.64, −1.97 to −1.32; women: −0.88, −1.28 to −0.50)
Years of life lost in 2020 were higher than expected in all countries except Taiwan, New Zealand, Norway, Iceland, Denmark, and South Korea. In the remaining 31 countries, more than 222 million years of life were lost in 2020, which is 28.1 million (95% confidence interval 26.8m to 29.5m) years of life lost more than expected (17.3 million (16.8m to 17.8m) in men and 10.8 million (10.4m to 11.3m) in women).
The highest excess years of life lost per 100 000 population were observed in Bulgaria (men: 7260, 95% confidence interval 6820 to 7710; women.
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