Life expectancy plunges across the Europe in 2020 amid Covid pandemic

Life expectancy plunges across Europe with England, Spain, Italy and Belgium seeing their average drop by more than a year in 2020 amid Covid pandemic Biggest drop in life expectancy was in Spain, with a loss of 1.6 years from 2019   Denmark and Finland were the only states to see a rise in the statistic … Read more

Life expectancy in the poorest parts of England is a DECADE lower than in the richest

Life expectancy in the poorest parts of England is a DECADE lower than in the richest: ONS data reveals people born in the most deprived areas can only expect to live until they are 74 Life expectancy for poorest men was 74.1 years compared to 83.5 in wealthiest Eight-year gap for women, with rich living … Read more

Covid pandemic has caused biggest cut to life expectancy since the Second World War

Covid pandemic has caused biggest cut to life expectancy since the Second World War – with average lifespan for males falling by 16 months… and by almost a YEAR for females, new figures suggest Boys’ average life expectancy fell substantially to 78.7 years compared with 2019 The figure for girls was 82.7, some 11 months … Read more

Life expectancy in the U.S. fell by a full YEAR in the first half of 2020, CDC finds 

Life expectancy in the United States fell by a full year during the first half of 2020, a new report finds. In 2019, life expectancy – or the average number of years a person lives – for the general American population was 78.8 years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed on Thursday. However, … Read more

Healthy life expectancy for women in UK drops by almost FIVE MONTHS

Healthy life expectancy for women in the UK drops by almost FIVE MONTHS in the space of just five years – but men have seen no significant change Office for National Statistics data shows healthy life expectancy fall for women In 2017/19 for men it was 62.9 years, no significant change on stats in 2014/16  … Read more

Covid-19 has reduced life expectancy in the US and UK by more than a YEAR

Life expectancy of the average American and Briton has fallen by more than a year following the coronavirus pandemic, data reveals.  The US has seen a decrease in life expectancy of 1.13 years, according to researchers from the University of South California who modelled the impact of the US Covid-19 outbreak on lifespan.   They found … Read more

Air pollution cuts down life expectancy by two years, despite global efforts to improve air quality

Air pollution continues to cut global life expectancy, despite efforts worldwide to improve air quality. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates 4.2 million people die every year due to outdoor air pollution, making it a bigger threat to human health than cigarette smoking, AIDS and tuberculosis.    Particulate matter is a mixture of solid and liquid … Read more

Coronavirus: Scottish victims older than average life expectancy

The average age patients die from coronavirus in Scotland is older than the age at which people pass away normally, stark figures show.  National Records of Scotland (NRS) data reveal the median age of a Covid-19 death north of the border is 81 for men and 85 for women. By contrast, the life expectancy for … Read more

Dr Karl says coffee is GOOD for you and it increases your life expectancy

Dr Karl Kruszelnicki (pictured) An Australian doctor says three to four cups of coffee per day can increase an adult’s life expectancy and reduce their risk of cancer and heart disease.  Dr Karl Kruszelnicki, who has degrees in medicine and biomedical engineering, spoke in an episode of his podcast Science with Dr Karl about the many health … Read more

Air pollution is reducing global life expectancy by three years, scientists find

Air pollution is reducing global life expectancy by three years, killing 8.8million people a year, a study shows. More people are dying early from breathing toxic air than some of the largest killers, including malaria, HIV, war and smoking. Scientists led by Germany fear the world is facing an air pollution ‘pandemic’ after analysing deaths … Read more