2021 sees a decline in India’s life expectancy after a ten-year increase
2021 sees a decline in India’s life expectancy after a ten-year increase. According to a statistical analysis conducted by researchers at the city’s International Institute for Population Studies (IIPS), the coronavirus pandemic, which has had an impact on people’s lives at all socioeconomic levels, has decreased the country’s life expectancy by over two years. The average number of years a baby is anticipated to live assuming mortality trends at the time of the infant’s birth stay constant across time is used to calculate life expectancy at birth.
The predicted worldwide average is 72.6 years, whereas India’s expectancy at birth increased little to 69.7 years in the time between 2015 and 2019. The predicted worldwide average age is 72.6 years, whereas India’s life expectancy at birth increased little to 69.7 years in the time between 2015 and 2019. India will have a 70.19-year of average life in 2022, up 0.33% from 2021. India’s life expectancy in 2021 was 69.96 years, up 0.33% from 2020. India’s life expectancy in 2020 was 69.73 years, up 0.33% from the previous year.
The research noted that seeing beyond income is crucial, and the comparison between income and life expectancy serves as a good reminder of this. In spite of a major economic rebound in 2021, the health crisis had worsened. It additionally dropped in two third countries of the world
East Asia and the Pacific Scenario
Comparatively, since 1990, East Asia and the Pacific have lost 5.8% of their pre-COVID-19 development, while the Arab States have lost 14.4%. Europe and Central Asia have lost 10.9% of their pre-COVID-19 progress. When nations are combined based on their HDI, the discrepancy is even more obvious, with extremely high HDI countries losing just 8.5% of the advancement and low and moderate HDI countries losing 21.7% and 25.5%, respectively. (Down to Earth)
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