Age-Specific Mortality During the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic and Life Expectancy Changes in the United States and Peer Countries, 1980-2020.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Since the 1980s, life expectancy at birth (e0) in the United States has fallen steadily behind that of other high-income countries, widening the U.S. e0 disadvantage. We estimate how that disadvantage was affected by high mortality rates in 2020, the first full year of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.

Methods

We contrast male and female e0 in the United States and 18 peer countries for years 1980, 1995, 2010, 2019, and 2020. Using Arriaga decomposition, we show how differences in age-specific death rates have contributed to U.S. e0 disadvantages.

Results

In 2020, U.S. male and female e0 changed by -2.33 (-2.50, -2.15) and -1.69 (-1.85, -1.53) years, respectively, whereas corresponding changes in peer countries averaged -0.67 (-0.82, -0.51) and -0.50 (

SUBMITTER: Masters RK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9154231 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature