Covid study finds some 28 million extra years of life lost in 2020, with U.S. male life expectancy badly hit

[W_Heisenberg]

Covid study finds some 28 million extra years of life lost in 2020, with U.S. male life expectancy badly hit

More than 28 million extra years of human life were lost in 2020, a year marked by the...

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More than 28 million extra years of human life were lost in 2020, a year marked by the global spread of the coronavirus, according to a study released Wednesday that further underscored the immense human toll that the pandemic has wrought.

The international study, published in the BMJ journal, examined changes to life expectancy in 37 upper-middle to high-income countries where researchers said reliable data was available. Led by an Oxford University public health professor, the study also considered years of life lost, a metric that measures the degree of premature mortality among the dead, by comparing the ages of the deceased to their life expectancies.

The authors said the measure was more precise in calculating the impact of the pandemic than, for instance, just looking at excess deaths, a metric that does not distinguish between the death of a 17-year-old and that of a 70-year-old. The researchers used life expectancy between 2005 and 2019 as a benchmark for their study.

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In terms of years of life lost, the coronavirus pandemic is the deadliest global disease outbreak since the 1918-19 influenza pandemic, which cut short an estimated 63.7 million years of life, according to one study.

The 1918 pandemic killed relatively young people as opposed to covid-19, which the elderly have borne the brunt of.

 

[TU Curmudgeon]

Covid study finds some 28 million extra years of life lost in 2020, with U.S. male life expectancy badly hit

More than 28 million extra years of human life were lost in 2020, a year marked by the...

www.greenwichtime.com

More than 28 million extra years of human life were lost in 2020, a year marked by the global spread of the coronavirus, according to a study released Wednesday that further underscored the immense human toll that the pandemic has wrought.

The international study, published in the BMJ journal, examined changes to life expectancy in 37 upper-middle to high-income countries where researchers said reliable data was available. Led by an Oxford University public health professor, the study also considered years of life lost, a metric that measures the degree of premature mortality among the dead, by comparing the ages of the deceased to their life expectancies.

The authors said the measure was more precise in calculating the impact of the pandemic than, for instance, just looking at excess deaths, a metric that does not distinguish between the death of a 17-year-old and that of a 70-year-old. The researchers used life expectancy between 2005 and 2019 as a benchmark for their study.

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In terms of years of life lost, the coronavirus pandemic is the deadliest global disease outbreak since the 1918-19 influenza pandemic, which cut short an estimated 63.7 million years of life, according to one study.

The 1918 pandemic killed relatively young people as opposed to covid-19, which the elderly have borne the brunt of.

Here is a link to a slightly fuller report on the study

28 million extra years of life were lost in 31 countries in 2020: study
(from CTV News)​

and here is a link to the aricle reporting on the actual study itself for those who like to pick at numbers

Effects of covid-19 pandemic on life expectancy and premature mortality in 2020: time series analysis in 37 countries
(from The British Medical Journal)​

and here is the graphic accompanying the article.

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[Chainsawmassacre]

Covid study finds some 28 million extra years of life lost in 2020, with U.S. male life expectancy badly hit

More than 28 million extra years of human life were lost in 2020, a year marked by the...

www.greenwichtime.com

More than 28 million extra years of human life were lost in 2020, a year marked by the global spread of the coronavirus, according to a study released Wednesday that further underscored the immense human toll that the pandemic has wrought.

The international study, published in the BMJ journal, examined changes to life expectancy in 37 upper-middle to high-income countries where researchers said reliable data was available. Led by an Oxford University public health professor, the study also considered years of life lost, a metric that measures the degree of premature mortality among the dead, by comparing the ages of the deceased to their life expectancies.

The authors said the measure was more precise in calculating the impact of the pandemic than, for instance, just looking at excess deaths, a metric that does not distinguish between the death of a 17-year-old and that of a 70-year-old. The researchers used life expectancy between 2005 and 2019 as a benchmark for their study.

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In terms of years of life lost, the coronavirus pandemic is the deadliest global disease outbreak since the 1918-19 influenza pandemic, which cut short an estimated 63.7 million years of life, according to one study.

The 1918 pandemic killed relatively young people as opposed to covid-19, which the elderly have borne the brunt of.

Just an FYI thread or did you have a point?

 

[TU Curmudgeon]

Just an FYI thread or did you have a point?

Obviously the intent and information in the post went right over your head.

 

[Helix]

It sucks. Those are real lives, not merely statistics.

 

[TU Curmudgeon]

It sucks. Those are real lives, not merely statistics.

To a patriotic, right-thinking, patriotic, hard working, patriotic, honest, patriotic, real, patriotic, true, patriotic, conservative, patriotic, Christian, patriotic, White, patriotic, American, patriotic, patriot the only "real lives" are those of themself and their immediate family.

 

[W_Heisenberg]

Just an FYI thread or did you have a point?

Did you drown any puppies today?

Did punch any babies in the face today?

 

[Lovebug]

To echo others...wth is the greenwichtime? Always attack the source, right? I;'ve been to Greenwich, but really, their time is significant because....? OMG