Coronavirus pandemic knocks two years off average life expectancy for both men and women, study reveals
Covid-19 has taken life expectancy back to 2008 levels, researchers saycut life expectancy for women from 83.5 years in 2019 to 81.8 years for those born in the first half of 2020, and from 79.9 years to 78 years for men.
The study - designed to estimate the burden of COVID-19 on mortality and life expectancy in England and Wales - found the two nations were "amongst the worst performers in terms of excess deaths". "To put this in perspective, male and female life expectancy in the first half of 2020 regressed to the levels of 2008."
To put this in perspective, male and female life expectancy in the first half of 2020 regressed to the levels of 2008.A team of researchers then compared this data with previous trends, looking at excess death and life expectancy and lifespan inequality.
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