Reductions in 2020 US life expectancy due to COVID-19 and the disproportionate impact on the Black and Latino populations.

ABSTRACT: COVID-19 has resulted in a staggering death toll in the United States: over 215,000 by mid-October 2020, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Black and Latino Americans have experienced a disproportionate burden of COVID-19 morbidity and mortality, reflecting persistent structural inequalities that increase risk of exposure to COVID-19 and mortality risk for those infected. We estimate life expectancy at birth and at age 65 y for 2020, for the total US population and by race and ethnicity, using four scenarios of deaths-one in which the COVID-19 pandemic had not occurred and three including COVID-19 mortality projections produced by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. Our medium estimate indicates a reduction in US life expectancy at birth of 1.13 y to

SUBMITTER: Andrasfay T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7865122 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature