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Health: Istat, life expectancy drops to 82 years, down 1.2 years on 2019

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Rome, May 3 (beraking latest news Salute) – Due to the sharp increase in the risk of mortality, especially in some areas and for some age groups, which resulted in 746 thousand deaths (18% more than those recorded in 2019), the average survival in 2020 it appears to be in sharp decline. Istat notes this in the 2020 demographic indicators report, specifying that life expectancy at birth, without distinction of gender, drops to 82 years, 1.2 years below the level of 2019. To observe a similar value, it is necessary to go back to 2012 .

Men are more penalized, the report reads: their life expectancy at birth drops to 79.7 years, or 1.4 years less than the previous year, while for women it stands at 84.4 years, a one year less survival. At 65, life expectancy drops to 19.9 years (18.2 for men, 21.6 for women). The annual variation is substantially the same as that found in life expectancy at birth but has a more important relative impact, given the small residual average life that an individual can count on at the 65th birthday.

All regions, none excluded, suffer a lowering of survival levels. Among men, the reduction in life expectancy at birth varies from a minimum of 0.5 years (ie 6 months of average life less) found in Calabria, to a maximum of 2.6 years in Lombardy.

The central-southern regions recorded lower losses, as they were less affected by the effects of the pandemic but still important. In Abruzzo, Puglia and Campania, the reduction in survival for men is over a year compared to 2019. But it is above all the North that pays the highest price: in addition to the aforementioned Lombardy, men also record significant reductions in Piedmont (-1.7 years), Valle d’Aosta (-1.7), Liguria (-1.6), Trentino-Alto Adige (-1.6) and Emilia-Romagna (-1.5).

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The pattern repeats itself among women, albeit on a different level. In the central-southern regions there are more contained variations, minimal in Calabria and Basilicata (-0.3 years) as well as in Lazio and Campania (-0.4). However, these are important losses, of the order of 3-5 months of less life expectancy, but certainly not comparable to the 2 full years lost by women in Lombardy or the 2.3 years lost in Valle d’Aosta, where the most critical condition is found.

On a provincial basis, the correlation between the map of the spread of the pandemic and that of the survival lost on the basis of years lived is even more clear than on a regional scale. The specificity of some areas of the country emerges, most affected by the pandemic in its initial phase of explosion. These include the province of Bergamo, where life expectancy at birth for men is 4.3 years lower than in 2019, and the provinces of Cremona and Lodi, both 4.5 years shorter. In these three specific realities the variations found among women are also considerable: -3.2 years for Bergamo and -2.9 years for Cremona and Lodi. Data, the latter, which set the hands of time back to 2003.

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