According to the Lancet report, people are living longer in the year 2021 compared to 1990. It was also said in Lancet that earlier people used to die from respiratory tract infections and chronic respiratory diseases. Now its numbers have decreased. People all over the world are now living six years longer than before.
What is the condition of India?
India is a very special country in the South Asia region. Apart from this, the survival percentage of Bhutanese people has increased (13.6 years). Whereas Bangladesh (13.3), Nepal (10.4) and Pakistan (2.5) years. Despite facing many challenges during the pandemic, researchers said that specific regions of Southeast Asia, East Asia and Oceania saw the largest increase in life expectancy between 1990 and 2021 (8.3 years). The main reason for which is the reduction in deaths due to chronic respiratory diseases. There are many diseases like stroke, respiratory tract infection and cancer, a large number of people used to die from them.
What did the Lancet report say about the epidemic?
According to the Lancet report, in the year 2020, these diseases caused the highest number of deaths due to the Covid pandemic. Such as diarrhea, respiratory disease, stroke, ischemic heart disease etc. However, the report said that there has been huge loss due to the epidemic in the year 2020. Due to which life has completely gone off track. But efforts are being made to get life back on track.
The researchers noted that there has been a major shift in the leading causes of death around the world. There has been a huge change in the rankings due to the pandemic. The risk of stroke remains highest during the Covid pandemic. It has become the second leading cause of death all over the world.
The Covid-19 pandemic affected the most. Latin America and the Caribbean and Sub-Saharan Africa. Many people lost their lives due to Covid-19 in 2021. Looking at various causes of death, the study shows that there has been a sharp decline in deaths due to intestinal diseases. A class of diseases that includes diarrhea and typhoid. These improvements increased life expectancy worldwide by 1.1 years between 1990 and 2021.
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