Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the age-sex pattern of COVID-19 deaths in India

IF 1.5 4区社会学 Q2 DEMOGRAPHY

Asian Population Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-27 DOI:10.1080/17441730.2023.2193077

S. Kc, Moradhvaj Dhakad

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ABSTRACT The SARS-CoV-2 virus (termed COVID-19) raised the mortality trends and diminished life expectancy globally. This study analyzes the age-sex patterns of COVID-19 deaths in India during 2020–2021 and how the age-sex patterns have changed between 2020 and 2021. We calculated the losses in the male-female life expectancy at birth (LEB) induced due to the pandemic by projecting pre-pandemic mortality trends into 2020 and 2021. The finding suggested that mortality rates have increased substantially due to COVID-19 in India, implying almost four years of losses of LEB in 2021. The age pattern of mortality differs by the years of the pandemic. In 2020, the disease disproportionately killed older people. In 2021, with the outbreak of COVID-19 delta variant infection, mortality also rose among younger adults. Moreover, in 2020, COVID-19 deaths were higher among males, whereas in 2021, mortality increased for both sexes. In conclusion, COVID-19 triggered a significant increase in mortality in India between 2020 and 2021, dragging the country to a lower LEB level in 2010–2011. The future impact of the pandemic is yet to be seen. Also, distinct age and sex differential COVID-19 health and socioeconomic impacts compel future researchers to include demographic heterogeneity in their study.

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新冠肺炎大流行对印度新冠肺炎死亡年龄-性别模式的影响

SARS-CoV-2病毒(称为COVID-19)在全球范围内提高了死亡率趋势并降低了预期寿命。本研究分析了2020 - 2021年印度COVID-19死亡的年龄-性别模式，以及2020年至2021年期间年龄-性别模式的变化情况。我们通过预测2020年和2021年大流行前的死亡率趋势，计算了大流行导致的男女出生时预期寿命(LEB)损失。这一发现表明，由于COVID-19，印度的死亡率大幅上升，这意味着到2021年将损失近四年的LEB。死亡率的年龄分布随大流行年份的不同而不同。2020年，该疾病造成的老年人死亡比例过高。2021年，随着COVID-19 δ型变异感染的爆发，年轻人的死亡率也有所上升。此外，2020年，男性COVID-19死亡人数较高，而2021年，男女死亡率均有所上升。总而言之，2019冠状病毒病导致印度在2020年至2021年期间死亡率大幅上升，使该国在2010年至2011年期间死亡率下降到较低水平。疫情未来的影响还有待观察。此外，不同的年龄和性别差异对COVID-19健康和社会经济的影响迫使未来的研究人员在他们的研究中纳入人口异质性。

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Asian Population Studies DEMOGRAPHY-

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3.30

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14.30%

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期刊介绍： The first international population journal to focus exclusively on population issues in Asia, Asian Population Studies publishes original research on matters related to population in this large, complex and rapidly changing region, and welcomes substantive empirical analyses, theoretical works, applied research, and contributions to methodology.