According to China News Network, citing British media reports, the new crown pneumonia epidemic has caused the worst decline in life expectancy since World War II in most developed countries, and American men have suffered the most.
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The British “Financial Times” reported on the 27th that a study led by Oxford University scientists on the death records of 29 countries in Europe, the United States and most of Chile found that,Found that life expectancy in 27 countries has declined in 2020, And its scale has wiped out the progress made over the years in mortality.
In most countries, men’s life expectancy has fallen more than women’s. The life expectancy of American men has fallen the most, with a decrease of 2.2 years compared to the level in 2019, followed by Lithuanian men, with a decrease of 1.7 years.
Women in 8 countries and men in 11 countries lost more than a year in life expectancy, while 22 countries lost more than half a year in life expectancy.
Based on available data dating back to the Great Depression in 1933, the decline in life expectancy in the United States in 2020 is unprecedented for both women and men. Compared with the previous year, the life expectancy of American women in 2020 has dropped by 1.65 years.
In the United States, part of the reason for the dramatic decline in life expectancy is the significant increase in the mortality rate of the working-age population.
The research was led by scientists from the Leverhulme Center for Population Sciences, University of Oxford, and was published in the International Journal of Epidemiology.
According to a CCTV news report on July 21,The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report on July 21, local time, showing that the average life expectancy of Americans fell to 77.3 years in 2020, a year and a half lower than the data in 2019. This also makes 2020. This became the year in which life expectancy per capita in the United States has fallen the most since World War II. In addition, the report also shows that the average life expectancy of African Americans and Latino Americans has decreased by three years.
According to reports from the Associated Press and Reuters, US health officials explained that the main cause of the decline in life expectancy in the United States in 2020 is the pandemic of the new crown pneumonia epidemic.
According to statistics from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there will be about 3.3 million deaths across the United States in 2020, far more than any previous year. The death toll from new coronary pneumonia accounts for about 11% of the total number of deaths in the United States in 2020.
Source: Daily Economic News Comprehensive China News Network, CCTV News
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