Abstract
We develop cohort-based estimates of life expectancy without COVID, the fraction of persons who have died of COVID (population fatality rate, or PFR), and life expectancy loss, relying on individual-level data for three areas in the Midwestern U.S. (Cook County, Illinois; Milwaukee County, Wisconsin; and the State of Indiana). We use the individual-level data to assess how estimates of PFR and life-expectancy loss vary with age, gender, race/ethnicity, and socio-economic status. COVID PFR over March 2020-June 2021 for the three Midwest areas is 0.17% and decedents lose about 12 expected life-years. Life expectancy loss (LEL) is 0.17% * 12 years = 0.021 years (8 days); but can be as high as 3 months for some persons. Mean LEL is higher for men (0.025 years) than for women (0.018 years), and substantially higher for Blacks and Hispanic (0.030 years) than for Whites (0.018 years). We also provide national estimates using aggregate data. Life expectancy losses due to COVID exceed the annual gains in life expectancy over 2008-2018 for persons above ages 62-69 (depending on gender and race/ethnicity). Socio-economic status has modest incremental effect on life expectancy loss, relative to age, gender, and race/ethnicity. Our life expectancy loss estimates are much lower than published estimates which use a “period life expectancy” approach.
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