Trends and geographic differences in life expectancy in Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic: a multiple cause of death analysis
Tim Adair, Sergey Timonin, Vladimir Canudas-Romo · 2026
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Tim Adair, Sergey Timonin, and Vladimir Canudas-Romo decompose in 2026 how Australia's life expectancy swung during the COVID-19 pandemic, using death records from 2017 to 2023 that list every contributing cause. Australia's strict restrictions produced an unusual trajectory among rich countries.
Over half of the 0.6-year life expectancy gain into 2020 came from a drop in deaths involving respiratory infections such as pneumonia, mostly at ages 80 and above. A small dip followed in 2021. Then 2022 brought a 0.7-year fall, driven by surging COVID-19 deaths once restrictions relaxed. Every capital city region echoed the pattern, with Melbourne hit hardest. Multi-cause data reveal how infection control rippled through other diseases.
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| CREATOR | Tim Adair, Sergey Timonin, Vladimir Canudas-Romo |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 37173 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |