Editor’s Pick: U.S. life expectancy fell by 2.26 years from 2020 to 2022, author argues that the huge gap in life expectancy between the U.S. and other countries shows that the COVID-19 virus is absolutely critical Not the only influencing factor, many other factors such as social, economic, medical and political may influence the increase or decrease of this trend.
From 2020 to 2022, life expectancy in the U.S. fell by 2.26 years. Research suggests this is related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The damage to the United States from the COVID-19 pandemic goes beyond the current physical symptoms. It’s still the “stealer of the years,” quietly taking American life away.
In the past two years, Americans’ life expectancy has fallen by two years as the coronavirus rages on, a study shows. Related articles are published on the medRxiv preprint.
The last time life expectancy dropped significantly was during World War II. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the life expectancy of the U.S. population is greater than it was during World War II.
A lingering pandemic is affecting our lifespans more than a war, perhaps not just in the United States. We can’t help but ask: What will we do when the COVID-19 pandemic begins to spread around the world?
During the past two years of COVID-19, Americans have Rarely significant drop in life expectancy for
In the United States, many people think they have escaped the ravages of the COVID-19 virus and can live in peace with it. But the truth is, the U.S. is still not out of the shadow of the COVID-19 virus — a shortened life expectancy.
The average life expectancy has been shortened – which may seem a little ridiculous in the age of modern medicine. But a new study in the United States confirms this phenomenon.
A study written by public health experts in Colorado, Virginia and Washington, D.C. and published in preprint found that life expectancy in the United States continues to decline, with major is white.
A decline in life expectancy was seen in the U.S. as early as 2020, but at that time the decline was concentrated among Hispanics and Blacks, with a relatively less pronounced decline in life expectancy among whites.
At the time, this reflected the disproportionate impact of Covid-19 on people of color, but new findings in 2021 are upending that perception.
Possibly due to white Americans’ reluctance to vaccinate or their resistance to containment measures, white Americans have experienced an unusual drop in life expectancy, reversing previous racial advantages, Figures for 2021 show a four-month drop in life expectancy.
Life expectancy for Americans (all groups) will drop from 76.99 years in 2020 and 78.86 years in 2019 to 76.6 years in 2021, according to new research, COVID-19 – Two years after the 19 pandemic, Americans’ life expectancy has dropped by a full 2 years.
White, Hispanic and Black life expectancy Change comparison chart
Even Hispanic life expectancy fell by 3.7 years in 2020, and Black life expectancy dropped by 3.22 years, rebounding in 2021 0.42 years old, but that drop is huge by any historical standard.
Particularly among Hispanic men in the United States, life expectancy fell by more than 4 years in 2020 and did not rebound in 2021. The data showed that the death rate for Hispanic men between the ages of 40 and 60 rose by 50 percent between 2019 and 2020.
CDC also Life expectancy is predicted
This disruption is huge and rare. After all, let’s go back to World War II (1943), when the population declined dramatically and life expectancy suffered greatly, with the largest drop in life expectancy in the US at just 2.9 years.
It can be seen that the long-term impact of the new coronavirus on human lifespan has exceeded the impact of the world war on human beings.
The mastermind behind America’s lifespan crisis: COVID-19 is one, not the only
The so-called life expectancy actually reflects the health of a country over a given period (the higher the life expectancy, the lower the current all-cause mortality rate).
The reason for this catastrophic fluctuation in life expectancy is either related to the number of people dying from the novel coronavirus itself, or to the effects of the pandemic, said Woolf, the paper’s author. of “secondary” damage.
Nevertheless, there is an unavoidable link between the decline in life expectancy and the emergence of the novel coronavirus.
But viruses are not the only contributing factor. It is more of a catalyst, accelerating the exposure of the factors behind the crisis.
With the development of modern medicine, the reduction of infant mortality rate and the improvement of technology to treat infectious diseases, cancer and other diseases, the common causes of premature death have been identified to some extent. For mitigation and avoidance, the average human lifespan increases.
However, in recent years, the growth rate of life expectancy in the United States has slowed down, and it has begun to reverse due to the fermentation of the epidemic, and even has a large gap with other countries.
We can see the chart below, by comparing the changes in life expectancy in the United States and other countries in 2020-2021, the United States “leads” and has the largest reduction in life expectancy.
Then let’s analyze it vertically. How has life expectancy changed across countries in recent years
Chart of trends in life expectancy in the U.S. and other countries over the past two years
In fact, the large gap in life expectancy between the U.S. and other countries suggests that COVID-19 The -19 virus is by no means the only contributing factor, many other factors, including social, economic, medical and political, may influence the increase or decrease in this trend.
For example, one of the most visible factors in human society over the past decade has been the overdose crisis—the spread of opioids.
In recent years, the proliferation and promotion of these drugs has led to a decline in life expectancy.
In addition, the study’s lead author, a master of sociologist at the University of Colorado, believes that the decline in life expectancy in the United States is also related to its own social factors, such as wealth and poverty. factors such as average, systemic racism and people’s financial security.
COVID-19 deaths by race in the US rates vary, with blacks and Indians at higher risk than whites and Asians
Boston University biologist Philip Landrigan also said: In the United States, where equality is increasing, public health investment is declining, obesity and environmental pollution are rife, the threat of the new coronavirus is “superimposed.”
The emergence of the new coronavirus has already plunged into crisis. of people in deeper distress.
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The shortened life expectancy of Americans is like a searchlight ahead, allowing us to see the impact and harm of the COVID-19 virus on our lives, not just because of the virus itself .
In our previous article, “Ignored Issues in This Round of Epidemic: The “Secondary” Injury Caused by the New Corona Virus,” we mentioned the cause of the crowding of medical resources. risks of secondary diseases, as well as the many risks posed by the new coronavirus itself. At the same time, these negative effects also refer to the mental health problems that have arisen during the COVID-19 outbreak, which have forced countless people to shorten their life expectancy .
Today, the lifespan crisis we are seeing in the United States and other virus-affected countries has undoubtedly sounded the alarm for all of us, and made us think deeply: Humanity should How to pursue scientific and technological development while pursuing longevity, and coexist peacefully with nature and the environment.
Reference Literature
1. Changes in life expectancy from 2019 to 2021: United States and 19 cohort countries
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