Years of life lost to Covid-19 in 49 countries
A gender- and life cycle-based analysis of the first two years of the pandemic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19594211 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Oscar Andrés Espinosa (0000-0003-4893-0509, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, corresponding author), Jeferson Ramos (0000-0002-5069-4587, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, corresponding author), Maylen Liseth Rojas-Botero (0000-0002-5358-6426, Universidad de Antioquia, corresponding author), Julián Alfredo Fernández-Niño (0000-0002-8948-8481, Johns Hopkins University, corresponding author) |
| Editors | Julia Robinson (0000-0003-0719-3995) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pages | e0002172 |
| Publication date | 2023-09-18 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | PLOS Global Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2767-3375 • E-ISSN: 2767-3375 |
| Publisher | Public Library of Science (PLoS) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pgph.0002172 |
| PMID | 37721925 |
| OpenAlex | W4386827293 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 25 |
Specific mortality rates have been widely used to monitor the main impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic; however, a more meaningful measure is the Years of Life Lost (YLL) due to the disease, considering it takes into account the premature nature of each death. We estimated the YLL due to COVID-19 between January 2020 and December 2021 in 49 countries for which information was available, developing an analytical method that mathematically refines that proposed by the World Health Organization. We then calculated YLL rates overall, as well as by sex and life cycle. Additionally, we estimated the national cost-effective budgets required to manage COVID-19 from a health system perspective. During the two years of analysis, we estimated that 85.6 million years of life were lost due to COVID-19 in the 49 countries studied. However, due to a lack of data, we were unable to analyze the burden of COVID-19 in about 75% of the countries in the world. We found no difference in the magnitude of YLL rates by gender but did find differences according to life cycle, with older adults contributing the greatest burden of YLL. The COVID-19 pandemic has posed a significant burden of disease, which has varied between countries. However, due to the lack of quality and disaggregated data, it has been difficult to monitor and compare the pandemic internationally. Therefore, it is imperative to strengthen health information systems in order to prepare for future pandemics as well as to evaluate their impacts
Disease · Environmental health · Geography · Life expectancy · Pandemic · Population · Sociology · Years of potential life lost · COVID-19 and healthcare impacts · Demography · Global Health Care Issues · Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life · Medicine
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |