Life expectancy in California decreased by nearly four years for Black Californians, from 74.8 years to 71, and by three years for Asian Californians, from 86.6 years to 83.5.
Racial and economic health disparities exposed by the pandemic have factored into a widening gap in Californians' life expectancies, according to a study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Life expectancy is a hypothetical measure of how long those born in a specific year will live based on that year's mortality rates. It is not a measure of actual life spans, but researchers use it to understand loss of life within various populations, according to the California Policy Lab. Disparities in life expectancy by neighborhood and income have been well-documented nationwide. The researchers of the new study believe it is the first study to find this gap worsened during the pandemic.
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