(ANSA) – TOKYO, 08 AUGUST – The deaths caused by the pandemic from Covid-19 affect life expectancy in Japan, for the first time in 10 years. Previously, it was the triple disaster of March 2011 in Fukushima, with almost 20,000 deaths, which had a downward impact on the indicator. According to data from the Japanese Ministry of Health, life expectancy last year was 87.57 years for women and 81.47 for men, a marginal decrease compared to 2020, the year that marked the record ever since the start of the statistics. The ministry, however, is keen to point out that recent results do not mean that the trend towards longer longevity has reversed, suggesting that the decline was only temporary due to deaths from Covid. Compared to Europe and the United States, where coronavirus deaths per capita were much higher, in fact, the decline in life expectancy in Japan was more limited, the official added. However, the average lifespan of women in Japan is still the highest in the world since 1985, followed by South Korea and Singapore, while that of men is in third place after Switzerland and Norway. According to the calculations of the medical authorities, in 2021, the second year of the pandemic, about 16 thousand deaths were recorded in the Land of the Rising Sun. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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