Life-expectancy changes during the COVID-19 pandemic from 2019–2021: estimates from Japan, a country with low pandemic impact

Background The COVID-19 pandemic had a low impact on Japan in 2020, but the size of the epidemic increased considerably there in 2021. This study made a statistical analysis of life expectancy changes up to the end of 2021 in Japan. Objective We aimed to estimate changes in life expectancy from 2019...

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Main Authors: Mst Sirajum Munira, Yuta Okada, Hiroshi Nishiura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2023-08-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/15784.pdf