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27 Sep, 5 tweets, 3 min read
NEW OXFORD STUDY: The #COVID19 pandemic triggered life expectancy losses not seen since World War II, according to @OxfordDemSci.

27 of the 29 countries analysed saw reductions in life expectancy in 2020.

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The research team assembled an unprecedented dataset on mortality from 29 countries, spanning most of Europe, the US and Chile – countries for which official death registrations for 2020 had been published.

ox.ac.uk/news/2021-09-2…
Across most of the 29 countries, males saw larger life expectancy declines than females.The largest declines in life expectancy were observed among males in US, who saw a decline of 2.2 years relative to 2019 levels, followed by Lithuanian males (1.7 yrs).
ox.ac.uk/news/2021-09-2…
Women in 15 countries and men in 10 countries were found to have a lower expectancy at birth in 2020 than in 2015, a year in which life expectancy was already negatively affected by a significant flu season.

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Dr Ridhi Kashyap,'We know there are several issues linked to the counting of #COVID19 deaths...[but] the fact that our results highlight such a large impact directly attributable to COVID-19 shows how devastating a shock it has been for many countries.'
ox.ac.uk/news/2021-09-2…

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