NEWS. . . BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT
Covid-19 continues to gain momentum, as the disease has caused the average life expectancy of Americans around the world to plummet.
Researchers at Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) said average life expectancy will now fall by 1. 6 years, more than expected in the past, in a sharp reversal of a decades-long accumulation in global life expectancy.
“For adults around the world, the Covid-19 pandemic has had a more profound effect than any other event observed in a part of a century, adding conflict and natural disasters,” said lead author Dr. Austin Schumacher, a researcher at IHME.
They found that during the 2020-2022 pandemic, life expectancy decreased in 84% of the 204 countries and territories analyzed.
The death rate among people 15 and older increased by 22 percent for males and 17 percent for females in this period, the researchers estimate. Mexico City and two South American countries, Peru and Bolivia, are among the places where life expectancy has declined. the best.
These staggering numbers “demonstrate the devastating impacts” of new viruses, Dr. Schumacher said.
Covid is responsible for 15. 9 million additional deaths, directly and due to pandemic-related disruptions, accounting for one million additional deaths estimated by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Islands such as Barbados, New Zealand, and Antigua and Barbuda recorded the lowest excess mortality rate during the pandemic, which may simply be due to their isolated nature.
The areas with the highest number of deaths are Jordan and Nicaragua.
However, despite the setback, other people are still living longer than before. Between 1950 and 2021, the average life expectancy at birth increased to 23 years, from 49 to 72 years, according to the researchers.
The researchers also found that part of a million children under the age of five died between 2021 and 2019.
IHME researcher and co-author Dr. Hmwe Hmwe Kyu praised it as an “incredible step forward. “
“Our study suggests that, even after taking stock of the terrible loss of life the world has experienced due to the pandemic, we have come 72 years since 1950, and child mortality continues to decline globally,” said Dr. Kyu.
“Now, our top priority is to continue to build on our successes, as we prepare for the next pandemic and address the huge disparities in fitness between countries. “
They also found that the population of affluent and aging countries has begun to decline, but in less prosperous countries, this figure is increasing.
Dr. Schumacher warned that this dynamic “will lead to unprecedented social, economic, and political challenges, such as a shortage of hard work in spaces where young populations are shrinking and resource shortages in places where population length continues to grow rapidly. “
“Nations around the world will have to cooperate on voluntary emigration,” he added.
It is published in the journal The Lancet.
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