Quantifying impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic through life-expectancy losses: a population-level study of 29 countries.
José Manuel AburtoJonas SchöleyIlya KashnitskyLuyin ZhangCharles RahalTrifon I MissovMelinda C MillsJennifer Beam DowdRidhi KashyapPublished in: International journal of epidemiology (2021)
The COVID-19 pandemic triggered significant mortality increases in 2020 of a magnitude not witnessed since World War II in Western Europe or the breakup of the Soviet Union in Eastern Europe. Females from 15 countries and males from 10 ended up with lower life expectancy at birth in 2020 than in 2015.