The impact of COVID-19 on life expectancy among four Asian American subgroups.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objective

To date, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on life expectancy for the Asian American (AA) population has been reported in aggregate. This study provides estimates of life expectancy at birth before and during the pandemic, with a set of demographic, health, and socioeconomic risk factors for the four largest subgroups: Asian Indians, Chinese, Filipinos, and Vietnamese. These estimates are placed in context of the broader U.S. population.

Methods

This study uses age-specific all-cause mortality from CDC WONDER and population counts from the American Community Surveys. We apply methodologies to address variability in population sizes over time (smoothing) and data quality issues at older ages (Brass relational model life table system) to produce thre

SUBMITTER: Park SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10485147 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature