{"id":23745,"date":"2020-09-22T05:28:05","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T05:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=23745"},"modified":"2020-09-22T05:28:05","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T05:28:05","slug":"life-expectancy-could-decline-worldwide-due-to-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=23745","title":{"rendered":"Life Expectancy Could Decline Worldwide Due to COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"

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MONDAY, Sept. 21, 2020 (HealthDay News)<\/p>\n

The coronavirus pandemic could cause short-term decreases in life expectancy in many parts of the world, according to a new study.<\/p>\n

Using a computer model, the researchers concluded that infection rates of only 2% could cause a drop in life expectancy in countries where average life expectancy is high (about 80 years).<\/p>\n

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 PLOS One<\/i>.<\/p>\n

“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.<\/p>\n

“However, even in the most affected regions, the life expectancy will likely recover once the pandemic is over,” Marois added in an institute news release.<\/p>\n

Study 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.<\/p>\n

“COVID-19<\/a> could thus set back this indicator in 2020 to the values observed some time ago,” he said.<\/p>\n

“However, we do not know what is going to happen further. In many countries fatality from COVID is strongly decreasing, probably because the protocol of COVID treatment became better defined,” Scherbov added.<\/p>\n

— Robert Preidt<\/p>\n

\"MedicalNews\"
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\n SOURCE: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, news release, Sept. 17, 2020 \n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n