Effects of covid-19 pandemic on life expectancy and premature mortality in 2020: time series analysis in 37 countries

Abstract

More than 28 million excess years of life were lost in 2020 in 31 countries, with a higher rate in men than women. Excess years of life lost associated with the covid-19 pandemic in 2020 were more than five times higher than those associated with the seasonal influenza epidemic in 2015.