Prognosis
Covid Cuts Two Years Off the Life Expectancy of U.S. Men
- American men, women led the losses in a study of 29 countries
- Denmark and Norway avoided declines in survival rates in study
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American men lost 2.2 years of life expectancy last year because of Covid-19, the biggest decline among 29 nations in a study of the pandemic’s impact on longevity.
Deaths among working-age men contributed the most to declining lifespans in the U.S., according to research led by demographers at the U.K.’s University of Oxford. Only Denmark and Norway, who have excelled at controlling their outbreaks, avoided drops in life expectancy across both sexes, the study published Sunday in the International Journal of Epidemiology found.