The coronavirus pandemic could cause short-term decreases in life expectancy in many parts of the world, according to a new study.
At higher infection rates, the decline would be greater, especially in Europe and North America, according to the study published online Sept. 17 in the journal"At 10% prevalence, the loss in life expectancy is likely to be above one year in high life-expectancy countries such as those in Europe and North America. At 50%, it would translate into three to nine years of life lost in high life-expectancy regions.
In less developed regions, the impact is smaller given that there is already lower survival at older ages," said study leader Guillaume Marois, a researcher at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Laxenburg, Austria.pandemicStudy co-author Sergei Scherbov noted that it took Europe decades for average life expectancy at birth to increase by six years -- from 72.8 years in 1990 to 78.6 years in 2019."However, we do not know what is going to happen further.
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