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"Life expectancy in Australia has gone backwards for the first time in more
than 30 years, falling by 0.1 years in the 2020-2022 period due to more than
10,000 COVID-19 deaths last year.
A boy born today is expected to live to 81.2 years and a girl to 85.3 years,
according to data released on Wednesday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics
(ABS).
“Australia has recorded the first decline in life expectancy since the early
1990s. This is the first time that deaths across all three years of the
COVID-19 pandemic have been used in calculating life expectancy,” said Beidar
Cho, the ABS head of demography.
Ms Cho said the first two years of the pandemic had the two lowest mortality
rates on record from all causes.
“However, in 2022 the number of deaths increased by 20,000, with close to
10,000 of these being due to COVID-19,” Ms Cho said. The wave of deaths came as
the omicron variant hit Australia just as it reopened to the world.
Despite the relatively large increase in the number of deaths, the effect on
life expectancy was small.
Ms Cho said this was because over half (56 per cent) of all deaths in 2022 were
of people aged 80 years and over."
The politicians agreed to sacrifice the elderly and vulnerable on the altar of
“the economy”, and persuaded the public that this was fine and normal.
Via Violet Blue’s
Pandemic Roundup: November 9, 2023
https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-92570484
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
