The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on life expectancy in 27 countries

Abstract The expected year-on-year intrinsic mortality variations/changes are largely overlooked in the existing research when estimating the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on mortality patterns. To fill this gap, this study provides a new assessment of the loss of life expectancy caused by COVID-1...

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Main Authors: Guogui Huang, Fei Guo, Klaus F. Zimmermann, Lihua Liu, Lucy Taksa, Zhiming Cheng, Massimiliano Tani, Marika Franklin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-35592-9