Article ; Online: A national-level analysis of life expectancy associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in India.
2022 Volume 10, Page(s) 1000933
Abstract: Background: From a demographic perspective, the impact of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) on life expectancy is not clear. Hence, there is a need to study the number of years of life lost concerning the existing average life ...
| Abstract | Background: From a demographic perspective, the impact of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) on life expectancy is not clear. Hence, there is a need to study the number of years of life lost concerning the existing average life expectancy due to COVID-19 in India. Objective: This study aimed to estimate the impact of life expectancy due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India. Methodology: We considered day-wise age-specific mortality due to COVID-19 which was extracted from the COVID-19 data repository from March 11, 2020, to June 30, 2021, in India. All-cause mortality was collected from the United Nations population estimates. An abridged life table technique was utilized for calculating life expectancies based on all-cause mortality and mortality due to COVID-19. MortPak software was used to calculate the life expectancy with and without the COVID-19 pandemic. Life expectancy at birth in different age groups was estimated with respect to with and without COVID-19. Results: A total of 399,459 deaths due to COVID-19 were distributed age wise, and their corresponding life expectancy was calculated. The general mortality was compared with COVID-19 mortality for the various age groups, and it was observed that mortality due to COVID-19 was significantly higher among the elderly age group [i.e., 45 to 60 years (36%) and > 60 years (51%)] when compared with < 25 years (1%) and 26-44 years (11%) (trend Chi-square 7.59; Conclusion: Overall, it was estimated that COVID-19 has an impact on life expectancy by 0.12 years during the study period. Even though mortality due to COVID-19 was high, factors such as lockdown, vaccination, and accidents also had an influence on mortality. Thus, there is a need to assess the impact of COVID-19 on life expectancy in future. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Infant, Newborn ; Humans ; Aged ; Middle Aged ; COVID-19/epidemiology ; Pandemics ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Communicable Disease Control ; Life Expectancy ; India/epidemiology |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2022-10-18 |
| Publishing country | Switzerland |
| Document type | Journal Article |
| ZDB-ID | 2711781-9 |
| ISSN | 2296-2565 ; 2296-2565 |
| ISSN (online) | 2296-2565 |
| ISSN | 2296-2565 |
| DOI | 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1000933 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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