Global Life Expectancy Dropped By 2 Years Due To COVID-19
Covid-19 reduced global life expectancy by almost two years from 2019 to 2021, erasing a decade of progress according to the World Health Organization. Global life expectancy dropped to 71.4 years, while healthy life expectancy fell to 61.9 years, levels not seen since 2012. The Western Pacific was the least affected with a 0.1 year decline, while the Americas and Southeast Asia were the most impacted with life expectancy falling by around three years. WHO calls for a global pandemic security accord.
Covid-19 led to a global drop in life expectancy by nearly two years from 2019 to 2021, reversing nearly a decade of progress, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
The drop brought global life expectancy down to 71.4 years and healthy life expectancy to 61.9 years, levels last seen in 2012.
The Western Pacific region saw the smallest decline in life expectancy at 0.1 year, while the Americas and Southeast Asia experienced the largest declines at around three years.
The WHO emphasized the pandemic's profound impact on global health and highlighted the necessity of a global pandemic security accord.
Researchers estimate that COVID-19 caused approximately 15.9 million excess deaths during 2020-2021.
The drop brought global life expectancy down to 71.4 years and healthy life expectancy to 61.9 years, levels last seen in 2012.
The Western Pacific region saw the smallest decline in life expectancy at 0.1 year, while the Americas and Southeast Asia experienced the largest declines at around three years.
The WHO emphasized the pandemic's profound impact on global health and highlighted the necessity of a global pandemic security accord.
Researchers estimate that COVID-19 caused approximately 15.9 million excess deaths during 2020-2021.
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