Life expectancy in America dropped by more than a year due to COVID-19 deaths in 2020. A study released Thursday found that the devastating disease caused 336,000 fatalities in the U.S. according to researchers at.
The pandemic cut the average life expectancy of Americans by more than a year in 2020, the largest single-year decline in more than 40 years, according to a study released Thursday. The study published. Health News Summaries. | Newser
The COVID-19 pandemic reduced life expectancy in the United States in 2020 by more than a year, from roughly 78.5 years to 77.5 years, an analysis published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found.
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America and Britain have both been hit hard by the coronavirus, with the US recording almost 400,000 deaths. The UK has recorded more than 86,000 COvid-related fatalities.
The US research created four mathematical models to compare actual deaths with predicted figures.
Before 2020, the gap in life expectancy between black and white people in the US had shrunk to just 3.6 years, but is now far beyond the five year mark.
The US has seen a decrease in life expectancy of 1.13 years, according to researchers from the University of South California. White people were affected least, with the expected lifespan falling by just nine months to 77.84 years. However, black people and latinos were hit much harder, with their life expectancy shrinking by more than two and three years, respectively, to 72.78 and 78.77 years