What is the reason for the decline in average life expectancy? World Health Organization disclosure
The average life expectancy of people worldwide has decreased by two years, the World Health Organization said in its recent statement.
According to the World Health Organization data 2024 report, the continental United States and Southeast Asian countries are among the countries most affected by the Corona epidemic.
The World Health Organization has announced that life expectancy worldwide has decreased by almost 2 years as a result of the Corona virus epidemic.
In a statement released on the WHO website, it was stated that the improvement and development of the average life expectancy around the world has been negatively affected during the Corona epidemic.
The report emphasized that the coronavirus epidemic was the leading cause of death in the continental United States in 2020 and 2021.
The report said that countries in the Western Pacific were least affected by the virus in the first two years of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The statement noted that in 2019-2021, life expectancy fell by 1.8 years to an average of 71.4 years due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said in his statement that the Covid-19 epidemic has changed the life expectancy in just 2 years.
He stressed that all countries should agree on a global pandemic agreement to protect future generations.