COVID-19 pandemic has lowered life expectancy by more than a year, new study finds

The researchers predicted even larger declines in 2020 among Black and Latino communities, which have been hit particularly hard by COVID-19. The study projected that life expectancy for Black people will drop by 2.1 years, to 72.78 years, and that life expectancy for Latino people will drop by 3.05 years, to 78.77 years. In contrast, the life expectancy for white people is projected to decline by 0.68 years to 77.84 years.

The authors blamed economic factors for a disproportionate decrease in life expectancy.