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Years of life lost to COVID-19 in 81 countries
Pifarré i Arolas, H.,
Acosta, E., López-Casasnovas, G., Lo, A., Nicodemo, C.,
Riffe, T.,
Myrskylä, M.Scientific Reports, 11:3504, 1–6 (2021)
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Abstract
Understanding the mortality impact of COVID-19 requires not only counting the dead, but analyzing how premature the deaths are. We calculate years of life lost (YLL) across 81 countries due to COVID-19 attributable deaths, and also conduct an analysis based on estimated excess deaths. We find that over 20.5 million years of life have been lost to COVID-19 globally. As of January 6, 2021, YLL in heavily affected countries are 2–9 times the average seasonal influenza; three quarters of the YLL result from deaths in ages below 75 and almost a third from deaths below 55; and men have lost 45% more life years than women. The results confirm the large mortality impact of COVID-19 among the elderly. They also call for heightened awareness in devising policies that protect vulnerable demographics losing the largest number of life-years.
Schlagwörter: Global, avoidable mortality, epidemics