ARCHIVED - Life expectancy in Spain drops by nearly one year due to Covid pandemic
Mortality rates are expected to return to normal in 2021
The impact of Covid-19 on the Spanish population has caused an increase in mortality and a decrease in life expectancy, thus breaking the trend of recent years, although the number of births remains the same, according to the population projections for 2020-2070 published this week by the National Institute of Statistics (INE).
Regarding mortality, the INE indicates that it will be affected but only during 2020, as mortality rates are expected to return to normal in 2021.
According to their projections, in 2020 there will be 466,583 deaths in Spain, which would mean an increase of 51,513 deaths (+ 12.4%) compared to 2019. In 2021, mortality would drop to 431,000, and then continue to increase to exceed 600,000 deaths in 2050.
As for life expectancy, it will also be affected by the coronavirus and will fall by almost a year in 2020 (0.9 years in men and 0.8 years in women), although it will then resume its upward trend.
For example, women who turn 65 in 2020 will live, on average, 22.7 years longer; and men, 18.7 years older, figures that represent 0.7 and 0.8 years less, respectively, than last year.