Life expectancy for men and women is projected to have fallen by nearly five months - and the government expects a further drop this year.
with a falling fertility rate and people living longer leaving a smaller portion of the population to pay for government services such as aged care and the NDIS.
While there has been an increase in people accessing mental health services and an increase in psychological distress during the pandemic, suicide and drug-induced death rates fell in 2020 and 2021. In the United States, COVID-19 was the primary driver of life expectancies falling by two years for men and 1.4 years for women in 2020.
“The January 2021 peaks in COVID-19 deaths in the United Kingdom were 20.6 COVID-19 deaths per million, and in the United States 10 COVID-19 deaths per million.”
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