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The world has lost 20.5 million years of life because of premature COVID-19 deaths, a new study found – Business Insider Australia
To determine how many years of life the pandemic took, researchers compared the ages of people who died of COVID-19 to their average life expectancy.
- More than 20.5 million years of life may have been lost globally due to COVID-19, a new study found.
- To calculate years of life lost, researchers compared the ages of people who died of COVID-19 to their average life expectancy.
- People older than 75 represent one-quarter of the years of life lost to the pandemic, the study found. Men have lost more years than women.
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Globally, the average person is expected to live until age 73. But the pandemic…
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