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Time of India
18-05-2025
- Health
- Time of India
Covid-19 cut life expectancy by 1.6yrs: IIPS study
Mumbai: India experienced a sharp decline in life expectancy in 2021, losing 1.6 years amid the Covid-19 pandemic. This setback erased nearly a decade of health gains, according to analysis by researchers from the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Deonar. The findings come days after the Union govt released data from the civil registration system showing that India recorded 2.2 million excess deaths in 2021 compared to 2019, the last pre-pandemic year. The study, led by IIPS doctoral students Chandan Kumar, Pravat Bhandari, Himanshu Jaiswal, and Professor Suryakant Yadav from the department of biostatistics and epidemiology, found that the country's overall life expectancy at birth fell from 70.4 years in 2019 to 68.8 years in 2021. Among the 22 states analysed, 19 experienced declines in life expectancy. The most severe drops were seen in Gujarat, Punjab, and Haryana, where life expectancy fell by more than three years. "Men in India saw a 2.2-year drop in life expectancy, from 68.9 to 66.7 years, while women's life expectancy declined by only 0.5 years, from 72.1 to 71.5 years," said Dr Yadav. "This shows that men died at much higher rates during the pandemic, resulting in a further widening of the gender gap," he added. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Giao dịch Bitcoin và Ethereum - Không cần ví! IC Markets BẮT ĐẦU NGAY Undo The gender gap in life expectancy grew to 3.2 years in 2021, up from 2.8 years before the pandemic. In states like Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, and Uttarakhand, the decline in male life expectancy was more than five times greater than that of females. Dr Yadav emphasised that these results are very preliminary and that the final comprehensive report will soon be sent for publication. Life expectancy at birth —an estimate of the average years a newborn can expect to live based on current mortality rates — is a key component of the Human Development Index (HDI), which measures a country's health, education, and standard of living. "Losses in life expectancy due to Covid-19 could cause India to slip in the HDI rankings," the researchers warned. Noting the global context, Dr Yadav added, "Such dramatic drops are expected following a major disaster or pandemic. Many high-income countries that experienced decl-ines in life expectancy during Covid-19 have since managed to recover these losses."
Hindustan Times
17-05-2025
- Health
- Hindustan Times
Life expectancy in Maha went down 2.36 years during Covid-19
MUMBAI: With two million excess deaths during the Covid-19 years, the average life span in India took a hit, reversing the gradual upwards trend for the first time in five decades. In Maharashtra, life expectancy went down by 2.36 years, with men bearing over six times the burden than women, an analysis of 2021 mortality data released by the government on May 7 by research scholars and a professor at the Indian Institute of Population Studies (IIPS) has revealed. The analysis was conducted by PhD research scholars Chandan Kumar, Pravat Bhandari and Himanshu Jaiswal under the supervision of Suryakant Yadav, an assistant professor at IIPS. 'Men are more vulnerable to death from external factors,' said one of the people behind the analysis, which they plan to submit to journals. 'Men tend to work outside the home, and this increased their proximity with high-risk zones during the Covid years. They tended to go out to earn and get supplies more, increasing their risk of contracting Covid.' Overall, the country saw a 1.6-year decline in life expectancy, falling from 70.4 years in 2019 to 68.8 years in 2021. Only three states, Rajasthan, Telangana, and Uttar Pradesh, escaped this with modest gains in life expectancy by 2021. In this statistic too, men took the larger share—2.7 times that of women—of the dip. Their life span dropped 2.2 years, from 68.9 years to 66.7 years. Women, on the other hand, lived five months less on an average, from 72.1 years in 2019 to 71.5 years in 2021. Other states too saw this trend. 'This pattern of greater life expectancy loss among males compared to females was evident across all the 22 states analysed, though its magnitude varied significantly across states,' says the report. 'In Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Uttarakhand, the decline in life expectancy in males was greater than five times that of females. Conversely, Assam, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh exhibited the smallest gender differences, with losses in male life expectancy being less than 1.5 times than that of females.' The report says that the decline in male life expectancy further widened India's gender gap in life expectancy in 2021—it increased by 3.2 years in 2021 from 2.8 years in the pre-pandemic period. This effectively erased the slow progress India had been making in life expectancy over the years, taking it back by eight years to the 2013 level when average life expectancy was 68.8 years. 'India took an average of five years to add a one-year increase in life expectancy,' says the analysis. 'Hence, a loss of 1.6 years in life expectancy at birth reveals that the gains made over the past decade during normal or pre-pandemic years were effectively erased during the Covid pandemic. In other words, the Covid pandemic has rolled India's progress in life expectancy back to that of almost a decade earlier.' With the absence of death data of the years after 2021, it is yet to be seen at what pace life expectancy recovers. 'Several high-income countries have seen a quick rebound in the losses in life expectancy, successfully reversing the losses in the post-pandemic years,' said one of the study participants. 'They are advantaged, with better infrastructure and better regulation, and with work-from-home decreasing risk. But we too should be optimistic about the rate India will bounce back from the setback caused by Covid.'
Time of India
09-05-2025
- Time of India
PU student shot dead during dispute outside Saidpur hostel
Patna: A 22-year-old student of Patna University (PU) was shot dead near the main gate of its Saidpur hostel over a war of supremacy with a few boarders early on Friday, said Chandan Kumar, a resident of Warsaliganj block in Nawada district, was a second-semester student of Personnel Management and Industrial Relations at PU. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Patna city ASP Atulesh Jha said the shooting happened between 3.30am and 4am near the hostel complex located in Bahadurpur police station area here. "A critically injured Chandan was rushed to PMCH, where he succumbed to his bullet injuries during treatment. After the shooting, the accused had managed to flee. Based on the information received about the perpetrators, raids are being conducted to arrest them," said Jha. The ASP, along with Bahadurpur police officers, reached the PMCH and ordered a postmortem added bloodstains and an empty bullet shell were found at the scene. "We have started an investigation with the help of the FSL team and dog squad, and informed the family," he station house officer (SHO) Sanjay Shankar said an FIR has been registered against three people, including the main shooter, residents of room 1 and 5 of the S block of Saidpur hostel. "Their names can't be revealed for the sake of investigation. Chandan, however, was not a hostel inmate, but used to visit there frequently. Both the accused and Chandan, who had criminal records, wanted their supremacy over the Saidpur hostel. Cases against both are registered under Arms Act in Bahadurpur police station," the SHO said. Meanwhile, the Saidpur hostel turned into a police camp during the day when city SP (east) K Ramdas also conducted an inquiry. According to sources, police are actively working to identify the potential witnesses. Police have begun door-to-door investigation at the hostel complex, and examining CCTV camera recordings from the neighbourhood.
