Years of life lost to COVID-19 in 81 countries

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• dc.contributor.author Pifarré Arolas, Hèctor
• dc.contributor.author Acosta, Enrique
• dc.contributor.author López i Casasnovas, Guillem
• dc.contributor.author Lo, Adeline
• dc.contributor.author Nicodemo, Catia
• dc.contributor.author Riffe, Tim
• dc.contributor.author Myrskylä, Mikko
• dc.date.accessioned 2021-02-23T09:27:11Z
• dc.date.available 2021-02-23T09:27:11Z
• dc.date.issued 2021
• dc.description.abstract Understanding the mortality impact of COVID-19 requires not only counting the dead, but analyzing how premature the deaths are. We calculate years of life lost (YLL) across 81 countries due to COVID-19 attributable deaths, and also conduct an analysis based on estimated excess deaths. We find that over 20.5 million years of life have been lost to COVID-19 globally. As of January 6, 2021, YLL in heavily affected countries are 2–9 times the average seasonal influenza; three quarters of the YLL result from deaths in ages below 75 and almost a third from deaths below 55; and men have lost 45% more life years than women. The results confirm the large mortality impact of COVID-19 among the elderly. They also call for heightened awareness in devising policies that protect vulnerable demographics losing the largest number of life-years.en
• dc.description.sponsorship The research funding included grant LCF/PR/GN12/50250002 from La Caixa Foundation for Héctor Pifarré i Arolas and Guillem López Casasnovas. Enrique Acosta is supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and the Fonds de recherche du Québec - Société et culture. Catia Nicodemo is supported by the University of Oxford’s COVID-19 Research Response Fund, Number 0009139. The views expressed are those of the author and not necessarily those of the University of Oxford.
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• dc.identifier.citation Pifarré i Arolas H, Acosta E, López Casasnovas G, Lo A, Nicodemo C, Riffe T, Myrskylä M. Years of life lost to COVID-19 in 81 countries. Sci Rep. 2021 Feb 18;11:3504. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-83040-3
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-83040-3
• dc.identifier.issn 2045-2322
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/46573
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher Nature Research
• dc.relation.ispartof Scientific Reports. 2021 Feb 18;11:3504
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• dc.subject.keyword Epidemiologyen
• dc.subject.keyword Infectious diseasesen
• dc.subject.keyword Public healthen
• dc.title Years of life lost to COVID-19 in 81 countriesen
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