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20 million years of life lost to COVID-19

20 million years of life lost to COVID-19 For news media More information The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed more than 20 million years of life across 81 countries, according to a new analysis of the disease’s mortality through all of 2020. That’s an average of 16 years of lost life per death. In heavily affected areas like the U.S., Western Europe and Latin America, COVID-19 has cost 2–to-7 times the number of lost years of life as a typical year of seasonal influenza, depending on the country. This is despite herculean public health efforts to stem the transmission of the disease. In these countries, the pandemic has also surpassed traffic deaths in number of years of life cut short and is comparable to heart disease, the leading killer in most countries.

Covid-19 caused an estimated loss of 20 5 million life years worldwide: Study

Over 20 mn years of life lost worldwide due to covid: study Frontline workers get shots of Covid-19 vaccine 1 min read Share Via Read Full Story NEW DELHI : New Delhi:An estimated 20,507,518 life years have so far been lost due to covid-19 across 81 countries, including India, with an average of 16 years for every person, according to a report published in the Scientific Reports (Nature Research) journal. The years of life lost (YLL) is the difference between a person’s age at the time of death and his or her life expectancy. The scientists conducted an analysis based on estimated excess deaths. As on 6 January, the study said the YLL because of the pandemic has been 2-9 times greater than the mean YLL associated with seasonal flu and 25-50% higher than the YLL attributable to heart disease.

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