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Life expectancy in Japan falls for the first time in a decade due to COVID-19

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Life expectancy in Japan has fallen for the first time in a decade due to deaths from COVID-19, according to the latest report from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.

Life expectancy japanese women in 2021 it was 87.57 years and for men it was 81.47 years, according to a paper released later this week.

Both numbers are down from the previous year, 0.14 for women and 0.09 for men, compared to the Asian nation’s all-time high life expectancy.

This is the first decline in this respect in the country since 2011, when earthquake magnitude 9 and a tsunami in the northeast, which killed and went missing more than 18,000 people.

Deaths in road traffic accidents crayfish D pneumonia declined in 2021, but rising COVID-19-related deaths contributed to a fall in life expectancy.

According to the report, 16,771 people died from COVID-19 in Japan last year, up 4.8 times from a year earlier, when 3,466 deaths from the disease were recorded.

COVID-19 contributed to a reduction in life expectancy for women by 0.07 compared to 2020 and by 0.1 for men.

Lifespan

Despite this reduction in life expectancy in the archipelago last year, this figure is still the second highest recorded, and authorities believe that the trend to live longer in the country has not diminished, but rather the impact COVID-19 it will be temporary.

Life expectancy of women in Japan According to Health, this is still the highest in the world. This is from 1985.

In men, it ranks third in the world after Switzerland and Norway.

For people born in 2021, the likelihood of dying from any of the three main Causes of death (cancer, heart and cerebrovascular disease) was 43.52% for women and 48.9% for men, an improvement linked to advances in medical technology and greater awareness of salt intake, the ministry said.

EFE


Source: RPP

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