{"id":302780,"date":"2021-07-19T20:40:02","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T17:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/covid-slashes-life-expectancy-in-south-africa\/"},"modified":"2021-07-19T20:40:02","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T17:40:02","slug":"covid-slashes-life-expectancy-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/covid-slashes-life-expectancy-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"#COVID slashes life expectancy in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#COVID slashes life expectancy in South Africa<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2020\/36-covid.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2020\/36-covid.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Credit: Pixabay\/CC0 Public Domain\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2020\/36-covid.jpg\" alt=\"covid\" title=\"Credit: Pixabay\/CC0 Public Domain\" width=\"800\" height=\"480\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Credit: Pixabay\/CC0 Public Domain<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Life expectancy in South Africa has plunged by several years as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the country&#8217;s statistics agency said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                                                        South Africa has been the worst-hit country in Africa for COVID-19, recording nearly 2.3 million infections, of which 66,859 have been fatal.<\/p>\n<p>The surge has resulted in a one-third hike in the death rate, which rose from 8.7 fatalities per 1,000 in 2020 to 11.6 per thousand in 2021, Statistics South Africa said in a report. <\/p>\n<p>The steep jump has translated into a drop in life expectancy, a benchmark of how long a person can statistically expect to live if born today.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Life expectancy at birth for males declined from 62.4 (years) in 2020 to 59.3 in 2021&#8230; and from 68.4 in 2020 to 64.6 for females,&#8221; it said. <\/p>\n<p>It cautioned that the statistic was not a projection of individual lifespan but a tool used in health policy, and in this case highlighted the burden of the pandemic.\n                                                                                                                        <\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__explore my-4 d-print-none\">\n<p>                                                                                        Updated analysis of US COVID-19 deaths shows drops, disparities in average lifespans\n                                                                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"mb-4\"\/>\n<p class=\"article-main__note mt-4\">\n                                                \u00a9 2021 AFP<\/p>\n<p>                                        <!-- print only --><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none d-print-block\">\n<p>                                                 <strong>Citation<\/strong>:<br \/>\n                                                 COVID slashes life expectancy in South Africa (2021, July 19)<br \/>\n                                                 retrieved 19 July 2021<br \/>\n                                                 from https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>\/2021-07-covid-slashes-life-south-africa.html<\/p>\n<p>                                            This document is subject to copyright. 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