The Covid pandemic has caused the biggest decrease in life expectancy in western Europe since the second world war, according to a study.
The biggest declines in life expectancy were among males in the US, with a decline of 2.2 years relative to 2019 levels, followed by Lithuanian males (1.7 years).
A total of 27 experienced reductions in life expectancy.
Males experienced larger life expectancy declines than females across most of the 29 countries.
Most life expectancy reductions across different countries were attributable to official Covid deaths, according to the paper.
Life expectancy for males has fallen in England, from 79.5 years in 2015-17 to 79.3 years in 2018-2, and Scotland from 77 to 76.8.
But it has risen slightly in Northern Ireland from 78.4 to 78.7, while staying broadly unchanged in Wales at 78.3. »