Historical mortality shocks to national life expectancies, selected countries and events

Research from the University of Oxford and partners show a wide variance in the impact of mortality shocks, both in the depth of losses and the time required to recover.

Note: Rows one through five are drawn from analysis by the study authors. Row six is drawn from Statistics Canada data on national life expectancies.
Chart: Charlie Buckley, CTV NewsSource: Schöley, J., Aburto, J.M., Kashnitsky, I. et al. Life expectancy changes since COVID-19. Nat Hum Behav 6, 1649–1659 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-022-01450-3 | Get the dataCreated with Datawrapper