Impact of COVID-19 on subnational variations in life expectancy and life disparity at birth in India: evidence from NFHS and SRS data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Measuring life expectancy and life disparity can assist in comprehending how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the mortality estimates in the Indian population. The present study aims to study the life expectancy and life disparity at birth at the national and subnational levels before and during the COVID-19 pandemic using the NFHS and SRS data.

Methods

The measures Life expectancy at birth ([Formula: see text]) and Life disparity at birth ([Formula: see text]) were computed for the non-pandemic and pandemic years from NFHS (2015-16), SRS (2015) and NFHS (2019-21), SRS (2020) respectively at the national and Subnational level in India. Using NFHS data for the 36 states and SRS data for the 22 states, the study calculates [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see tex

SUBMITTER: Yadav PK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10476359 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature