Life expectancy now a year a shorter due to excess Covid-19 deaths

For babies born this year, their average life expectancy is predicted to be shorter at an average of 73.4 years, slightly down from 74.5 years for babies born last year.

This was according to the figures released by the Department of Statistics Malaysia, today.

The statistics of life expectancy in this country have been recording a drop since 2020, partly contributed by the excess deaths during Covid-19.

Based on the statistics, Malaysian women are expected to live longer than men, with a difference of 4.5 years in 2022.

Male babies born in 2020 are expected to live for an average of 72.5 years, 72.3 years (2021) and 71.3 years (2022), while female babies are expected to live for 77.2 years, 77 years (2021) and 75.8 years (2022), according to the department.

The males and females who reach the age of 15 this year, are respectively expected to live for another 56.9 years and 61.3 years.

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Those aged 60 this year are expected to live for another 17.5 and 20.1 years, reaching the age of 77.5 and 80.1 years for the males and females, respectively.

Males and females aged 65 in 2022 are expected to live for another 14.2 and 16.4 years, respectively. This means that males are expected to live until the age of 79.2 years and females until 81.4 years.

The Chinese are expected to have the longest life expectancy, with their men for 73.5 years and women, 79.4 years.

Six states were recorded as having life expectancies that exceed the national level (73.4 years); with Selangor (75.2 years), Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur (74.0 years), Putrajaya and Labuan (74.5 years), Sarawak (74.3 years) and Sabah (73.5 years) in 2022.

- Bernama

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