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Covid-19 has become the second leading cause of death globally a year after it was declared a pandemic, according to a study published in The Lancet. While core diseases remained the leading cause of death, Covid has “drastically altered” the top five reasons. death for the first time in 30 years, replacing stroke, according to the publication. In 2021, 94 out of every 100,000 people died from Covid, according to an age-standardized base.
Since 1990, global life expectancy has increased by 6. 2 years, mainly due to reduced deaths from diarrhoea and decreased respiratory tract infections and improved outcomes for people with stroke or ischaemic disease.
“Our study presents a nuanced picture of global health,” said Liane Ong, co-first author of the study and senior research scientist at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. “On the one hand, we see the monumental achievements of countries in preventing deaths. diarrhea and stroke. At the same time, we see how much the Covid-19 pandemic has set us back. “
From 2019 to 2021, progress was made in preventing deaths from other leading causes of death, with the exception of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias and malaria.
It is believed to be the first to compare Covid deaths to deaths from other reasons. It learned of 288 causes of death in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational sites.