WHO Report: Life expectancy declined during pandemic

According to World Health Statistics Report conclusions, the true number of global deaths due to the COVID-19 pandemic during the past year is perhaps two to three times higher than the documented one.

Based on the high death toll from the beginning of the pandemic, officials of the World Health Organization believe that the actual number is much higher than 3.4 million deaths officially documented by December 31, 2020.
O data analyst William Msemby said the organisation is working with other UN agencies to calculate the direct and indirect consequences of COVIDD-19.

“Direct consequences include deaths reported by COVID, as well as those deaths that were not calculated because people died without testing,” he said. “What I mean by indirect consequences are those deaths that can be attributed to the difficult conditions under which many people in the world live because of pandemic. These conditions have caused patients to avoid health care, which has resulted in the death toll. ”

Msembra said that the pandemic has brought a serious socioeconomic damage, resulting in increased diseases such as depression, but treating patients with COVID has taken priority over those suffering from other diseases.

The report finds that pandemic has interrupted health services for many dangerous diseases and poses serious health threats beyond the dangers of COVID-19.

Deputy Director General of O Before COVID-19, life expectancy was growing, said Samira Asma.

We took great steps in global life expectancy, which was growing with benefits as well as healthy life expectancy. However, the pandemic has had a harmful effect on these indicators. And we're learning from some countries that life expectancy has already declined by two to three years”, Asma said.

The report says that global life expectancy in the east rose from 66.8 years in 2000 to 73.3 years in 2019, with healthy life expectancy increasing from 58.3 to 63,67 years. The largest growth took place in low income countries.

The report notes that global use of tobacco has decreased 33 percent since 2000, but overweight in adults is increasing, affecting a quarter of the population in wealthy countries. He says non-stick diseases constitute seven of the top 10 causes of global death. /voa