Flutterby™! : Impact on US life expectancy from COVID-19

Reductions in 2020 US life expectancy due to COVID-19 and the disproportionate impact on the Black and Latino populations

In addition, we estimate that the pandemic will result in reductions in life expectancy for the Black (2.10 y) and Latino (3.05 y) populations that are 3 to 4 times as large as the reduction for Whites (0.68 y). The greater toll for the Black and Latino populations arises because of both higher COVID-19 mortality rates and greater susceptibility to COVID-19 at younger ages among these groups compared with Whites. In both of the alternative mortality scenarios, the disparities would remain immense.

PNAS February 2, 2021 118 (5) e2014746118; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2014746118