India lost 2.6 years in life expectancy between 2019 and 2020, greater than highincome countries, according to a research paper titled 'Large and unequal life expectancy declines during the Covid-19 pandemic in India in 2020' published in Science Advances on July 19.
The study found that the decline was more pronounced among females (3.1 years) compared to males (2.1 years).
The study uses data from the National Family Health Survey 2019-21 (NFHS-5) and analyses households from 14 states and Union Territories (UTS), representing one-fourth of India's population.
The NFHS survey was conduced in two phases and the study uses phase 2 data (households interviewed in 2021 specifically), explains Aashish Gupta, one of the co-authors.
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