Years of Life Lost to COVID-19 and Related Mortality Indicators: An Illustration in 30 Countries.

ABSTRACT: The concept of (potential) years of life lost is a measure of premature mortality that can be used to compare the impacts of different specific causes of death. However, interpreting a given number of years of life lost at face value is more problematic because of the lack of a sensible reference value. In this paper, we propose three denominators to divide an excess years of life lost, thus obtaining three indicators, called average life lost, increase of life lost, and proportion of life lost, which should facilitate interpretation and comparisons. We study the links between these three indicators and classical mortality indicators, such as life expectancy and standardized mortality rate, introduce the concept of weighted standardized mortality rate, and calculate them in 30 countries to

SUBMITTER: Rousson V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12859533 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature