Likewise, a person’s hope of being able to live in good health decreased by 1.5 years and stood at 61.9 years. The Americas and Southeast Asia regions were the most affected.
The covid-19 pandemic reduced life expectancy by almost two years between 2019 and 2021, revealed the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday, destroying a decade of progress.
Between 2019 and 2021, global life expectancy fell by 1.8 years to 71.4 years, the 2012 level, according to the WHO annual report on world health statistics.
Likewise, a person’s hope of being able to live in good health decreased by 1.5 years and stood at 61.9 years in 2021, also the level of 2012.
The pandemic erased a decade of progress in life expectancy
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
WHO
“In just two years the Covid-19 pandemic eliminated a decade of progress in life expectancy”, highlighted the director general of the WHO, Dr. Tedros Adhanom. “That is why the new agreement on pandemics” that WHO member countries are negotiating, “is so important,” he stressed.
In his opinion, this treaty can serve “not only to strengthen global health security, but also to protect long-term investments in health and promote equity within and between countries.”
Life expectancy according to region
China vaccination
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Life expectancy did not decrease in the same way around the world during the Covid-19 pandemic, which claimed millions of lives.
According to a statement from the WHO The Americas and Southeast Asia regions were the most affectedwith a decrease in life expectancy of approximately 3 years and the expectancy of a healthy life of 2.5 years.
Instead the Western Pacific region was the least affectedwith decreases of less than 0.1 years in life expectancy and 0.2 years in healthy life expectancy during the same period.
Source: Ambito
