{"id":304996,"date":"2024-07-20T17:26:39","date_gmt":"2024-07-20T11:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=304996"},"modified":"2024-07-20T17:26:39","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T11:56:39","slug":"study-related-to-decline-in-life-expectancy-post-covid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/study-related-to-decline-in-life-expectancy-post-covid\/","title":{"rendered":"Study related to decline in life expectancy post Covid"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source- This post on India’s lost 2.6 years’ life expectancy between 2019 and 2020<\/strong> has been created based on the article “Covid-19: India lost 2.6 years’ life expectancy between 2019 and 2020<\/a><\/strong>” published in \u201cBusiness Standard\u201d on 20 July 2024.<\/p>\n

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Why in the news?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

In the aftermath of COVID-19, India experienced a significant decline in life expectancy, with the most substantial losses observed among socially disadvantaged groups.<\/p>\n

Key Findings from the Study<\/h2>\n

1. India lost 2.6 years in life expectancy between 2019 and 2020, a decline greater than that observed in high-income countries.<\/p>\n

2. The decline was more pronounced among females, who lost 3.1 years, compared to males, who lost 2.1 years.<\/p>\n

3. Age-Specific Impact: <\/strong><\/p>\n

i) The decline in life expectancy was higher among individuals aged 50-60.<\/p>\n

ii) There were significant increases in mortality in the age groups 0-19 and 60-79 among females, and in the age group 40-59 among males.<\/p>\n

iii) In high-income countries, the decline in life expectancy was primarily due to increased mortality above age 60, especially above age 80.<\/p>\n

4. Social Group Disparities:<\/strong><\/p>\n

i) Muslims experienced the largest decline in life expectancy, from 68.8 years in 2019 to 63.4 years in 2020, a loss of 5.4 years.<\/p>\n

ii) Scheduled Tribes saw a reduction of 4.1 years.<\/p>\n

ii) Scheduled Castes experienced a reduction of 2.7 years.<\/p>\n

iv) Both OBCs and high caste Hindus experienced a decline of 1.3 years each.<\/p>\n

5. Gender and Social Group Analysis:<\/strong><\/p>\n

i) Muslim females experienced a loss of 6.6 years in life expectancy, compared to a loss of 4.6 years for Muslim males.<\/p>\n

ii) Scheduled Castes females experienced a loss of 4.6 years, compared to a loss of 1.1 years for SC males.<\/p>\n

iii) Scheduled Tribes males experienced a higher loss of 5.4 years, compared to 2.7 years for ST females.<\/p>\n

iv) Females from OBCs and high caste Hindus experienced a loss of 1.9 years each, compared to a loss of 0.7 years for OBC males and 0.9 years for high caste Hindu males.<\/p>\n

UPSC Syllabus: Reports\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source- This post on India’s lost 2.6 years’ life expectancy between 2019 and 2020 has been created based on the article “Covid-19: India lost 2.6 years’ life expectancy between 2019 and 2020” published in \u201cBusiness Standard\u201d on 20 July 2024. Why in the news? In the aftermath of COVID-19, India experienced a significant decline in… Continue reading Study related to decline in life expectancy post Covid<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1305],"tags":[11872,10503],"class_list":["post-304996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-index-reports-bodies","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-business-standard","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304996\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}